摘要：Computer simulations using Cellular Au-tomata (CA) have b een applied with considerablesuccess in di.erent scientific areas, such as chem-istry, biochemistry, economy, physics, etc. In thiswork we use CA in order to specify and imple-ment a simulation model that allows to investi-gate behavioral dynamics for pedestrians in anemergency evacuation. In particular, we will con-centrate on those cases that involve the forcedevacuation of a large number of people due to thethreat of the fire, within a building with a spe-cific number of exits. The work includes a briefintro duction to the main concepts of CA thatwere considered for implementing the simulationmodel. As support of the model, a new simula-tion system named EVAC is presented which al-lows to design, construct, execute, visualize andanalyze di.erent configurations of the building tobe evacuated. The experimental work allows toidentify important safety aspects to be consid-ered at the time of designing a building, to detectthe strengths of the CA approach when used assimulation tool and to suggest possible extensionsthat would allow to represent some particularitiesof the problem in a more suitable way
关键词：Computer Simulation; Cellular;Automata; Behavioral dynamics for pedestrians;Building Evacuation
