Agent-based modeling of the spread of fire in urban settlements in the Philippines

Authors

  • Aria Buenaventura ⋅ PH Ateneo Innovation Center, Ateneo de Manila University
  • Clyde J. Calgo ⋅ PH Ateneo Innovation Center, Ateneo de Manila University
  • Dean Karlo D. Bardeloza ⋅ PH Ateneo Innovation Center, Ateneo de Manila University
  • Nathaniel Joseph C. Libatique ⋅ PH Electronics, Computer, and Communications Engineering Department, Ateneo de Manila University
  • Gregory L. Tangonan ⋅ US Ateneo Innovation Center, Ateneo de Manila University

Abstract

We develop a model for the spread of fire in urban settlements through an extension of NetLogo’s forest fire model. Four parameters that are considered relevant to highly dense and highly populated urban settlements are introduced and analyzed in this paper. Statistics relevant to fire disasters such as the percentage of burned structures are determined through multiple simulations of the model under varying parameterisations. We evaluate these four new parameters for future applications in Metro Manila disaster vulnerability maps developed by the Ateneo Innovation Center.

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Article ID

SPP-2020-2A-08

Section

Complex Systems and Data Analytics (Short Presentations)

Published

2020-10-19

How to Cite

[1]
A Buenaventura, CJ Calgo, DKD Bardeloza, NJC Libatique, and GL Tangonan, Agent-based modeling of the spread of fire in urban settlements in the Philippines, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 38, SPP-2020-2A-08 (2020). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2020-2A-08.