Sarvari, Peiman AlipourCevikcan, EmreCelik, MetinUstundag, AlpErvural, Bilal2024-02-232024-02-2320190308-88391464-5254https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2019.1571644https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/13062Planning emergency evacuation operations in a proactive manner in public marine transportation systems is a critical success factor for passenger and crew safety. Despite the fact that there is a growing attention on safety issues for marine transportation systems, providing a real-time decision support for evacuation planning under different emergency conditions has not yet been addressed. In this context, this paper contributes to the related literature by providing a comprehensive methodology including simulation and statistical analysis along with a three-module decision support system (DSS) for ferryboat emergency evacuation. Emergency evacuation and fire environment are simulated via Maritime EXODUS V5.1 and SMARTFIRE V4.3, respectively. The methodology is applied to a real-life Ro-Ro ferry, and the results not only revealed significant factors on emergency evacuation performance, but also demonstrated the validity of the developed decision support system.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessMarine TransportationFerryboatEmergency EvacuationSimulationDecision Support SystemArticle4644104352-s2.0-85064556676Q1WOS:000465163200003Q210.1080/03088839.2019.1571644