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Balancing Occupant Flow Through Multiple Doors

Reading Time: 1 minute

Created with software version: 2020.1

In this video tutorial, we demonstrate the difference in evacuation times when an agent is made aware of alternative pathways to the exit by the use of multiple doors in the model.

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