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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2020: Proceedings of the 38th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Shedding light on the pandemic through the lens of physics
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19-23 October 2020

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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.