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Modeling fire spread under environmental influence using a cellular automaton approach
Li, X. & Magill, W. |
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| The classical modeling approach to fire spread relies largely on empirical models. The most successful of these is the one developed by Rothermel. While several fire simulation models based on cellular automata currently exist, none provides sufficient details as described by Rothermel’s model. This paper describes a model for simulating bushfire spread using the cellular automaton approach that takes into account a number of important environmental factors such as bush density, land height, flammability, and wind condition. The model simulates an artificial environment on a 2 dimensional grid where bushes are initially randomly generated at various locations. Fire is represented at a microscopic level as groups of flames interacting with their environment (i.e., bottom-up approach). Fire can then be ignited from a certain spot or one side of the artificial world, then spread across the world according to some "interaction rules". The preliminary results have shown that this simulation can exhibit interesting behaviors that mimic many aspects of the bushfire spread in a real world scenario. | |
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Multimedia Links (none) Reference Links Citation Reference Li, X. & Magill, W. (2001), Modeling fire spread under environmental influence using a cellular automaton approach, Complexity International, Volume 08, Paper ID: li01, URL: http://www.complexity.org.au/ci/vol08/li01/ |
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