A Multi-agent Simulation for the Mass School Shootings

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.03882v1
• Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 05:29:57 GMT
• Title: A Multi-agent Simulation for the Mass School Shootings
• Authors: Wei Dai, Yash Singh, Rui Zhang,
• Abstract summary: The increasing frequency of mass school shootings in the United States has been raised as a critical concern. This study aims to address the challenge of simulating and assessing potential mitigation measures by developing a multi-agent simulation model.
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• Abstract: The increasing frequency of mass school shootings in the United States has been raised as a critical concern. Active shooters kill innocent students and educators in schools. These tragic events highlight the urgent need for effective strategies to minimize casualties. This study aims to address the challenge of simulating and assessing potential mitigation measures by developing a multi-agent simulation model. Our model is designed to estimate casualty rates and evacuation efficiency during active shooter scenarios within school buildings. The simulation evaluates the impact of a gun detection system on safety outcomes. By simulating school shooting incidents with and without this system, we observe a significant improvement in evacuation rates, which increased from 16.6% to 66.6%. Furthermore, the Gun Detection System reduced the average casualty rate from 24.0% to 12.2% within a period of six minutes, based on a simulated environment with 100 students. We conducted a total of 48 simulations across three different floor layouts, varying the number of students and time intervals to assess the system's adaptability. We anticipate that the research will provide a starting point for demonstrating that a gunshot detection system can significantly improve both evacuation rates and casualty reduction.

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