Multi-Objective Optimization Model for Emergency Evacuation Based on Adaptive Ant Colony Algorithm

Evacuation in public places under emergency situations represents a significant area of management research. With the rapid development of the railway industry, the evacuation of railway stations has gradually attracted attention. This article employs the minimization of congestion degree and total evacuation time as primary objectives. In addition, the psychological behavior of individuals and the impact of congestion are sufficiently considered. Moreover, an adaptive Cauchy mutation operator is adopted for flexible population diversity. As a result, a multi-objective optimization model for the evacuation paths is established, with an improved adaptive quantum ant colony algorithm, and a comparison between the model based on adaptive quantum ant colony algorithm and the traditional ant colony model is made.