Designing a Tool for Evacuation Plan Validation: Multi-Agent Simulations with Persona-Based UI
Natural disasters (such as earthquakes) are unpredictable events that cannot be foreseen, so the unique strategy we have to reduce their impact and the risks for the citizens is to do prevention. In this context, we propose a methodology we followed to develop a highly customizable tool aimed at validating urban evacuation plans. Built with a focus on persona-based user interface (UI) design, the tool leverages software engineering methodologies to ensure scalability, dynamicity (e.g., simulating unpredictable events during the disaster), and adaptive UI for diverse user groups, including urban planners, civil protection agencies, and safety plan managers. By integrating agent-based models with Geographic Information Systems, the tool provides data-driven simulations that can be used to validate evacuation strategies. The tool was evaluated through two case studies conducted considering various urban environments, enabling iterative development through ongoing requirements elicitation and refinement in collaboration with the user groups.
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14:00 - 15:30 | User ExperienceJournal-first Papers / Research Track / SE In Practice (SEIP) / SE in Society (SEIS) at 207 Chair(s): Ramiro Liscano Ontario Tech University | ||
14:00 15mTalk | A Tale of Two Comprehensions? Analyzing Student Programmer Attention During Code Summarization Journal-first Papers Zachary Karas Vanderbilt University, Aakash Bansal University of Notre Dame, Yifan Zhang Vanderbilt University, Toby Jia-Jun Li University of Notre Dame, Collin McMillan University of Notre Dame, Yu Huang Vanderbilt University | ||
14:15 15mTalk | Asking and Answering Questions During Memory Profiling Journal-first Papers Alison Fernandez Blanco University of Chile, Araceli Queirolo Cordova ISCLab, Department of Computer Science (DCC), University of Chile, Alexandre Bergel University of Chile, Juan Pablo Sandoval Alcocer Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | ||
14:30 15mTalk | Unveiling the Energy Vampires: A Methodology for Debugging Software Energy Consumption Research Track | ||
14:45 15mTalk | Designing a Tool for Evacuation Plan Validation: Multi-Agent Simulations with Persona-Based UI SE in Society (SEIS) Gennaro Zanfardino University of L'Aquila, Antinisca Di Marco University of L'Aquila, Michele Tucci University of L'Aquila | ||
15:00 15mTalk | Testing False Recalls in E-commerce Apps: a User-perspective Blackbox Approach SE In Practice (SEIP) Shengnan Wu School of Computer Science, Fudan University, Yongxiang Hu Fudan University, Jiazhen Gu Fudan University, China, Penglei Mao School of Computer Science, Fudan University, Jin Meng Meituan Inc., Liujie Fan Meituan Inc., Zhongshi Luan Meituan Inc., Xin Wang Fudan University, Yangfan Zhou Fudan University | ||
15:15 7mTalk | On the acceptance by code reviewers of candidate security patches suggested by Automated Program Repair tools.Security Journal-first Papers Aurora Papotti Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ranindya Paramitha University of Trento, Fabio Massacci University of Trento; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | ||
15:22 7mTalk | On Effectiveness and Efficiency of Gamified Exploratory GUI Testing Journal-first Papers Riccardo Coppola Politecnico di Torino, Tommaso Fulcini Politecnico di Torino, Luca Ardito Politecnico di Torino, Marco Torchiano Politecnico di Torino, Emil Alégroth Blekinge Institute of Technology |