The safe and swift evacuation of passengers from Maritime Vessels, requires an effective Internet of Things(IoT) as well as an information and communication technology(ICT) infrastructure. However, during emergencies, delays in IoT and ICT systems that guide evacuees, can impair the evacuation process. This paper presents explores the impact of the key IoT and ICT elements. The methodology builds upon the deadline-aware adaptive navigation strategy (ANT), which offers the path segment that minimizes the evacuation time for each evacuee at each decision instant. The simulations on a real cruise ship configuration, show that delays in the delivery of correct instructions to evacuees can significantly hinder the effectiveness of the evacuation. Our findings stress the need to design robust and computationally fast IoT and ICT systems to support the evacuation of passengers in ships, and underscores the key role played by the IoT in the success of passenger evacuation and safety.

翻译：海上船舶乘客的安全快速疏散需要有效的物联网以及信息通信技术基础设施。然而，在紧急情况下，引导疏散人员的物联网与信息通信技术系统的延迟可能损害疏散过程。本文探讨了关键物联网与信息通信技术要素的影响。研究方法基于截止时间感知的自适应导航策略，该策略在每个决策时刻为每位疏散人员提供能最小化疏散时间的路径段。在真实邮轮配置上的仿真表明，向疏散人员传递正确指令的延迟会显著阻碍疏散的有效性。我们的研究结果强调了设计鲁棒且计算快速的物联网与信息通信技术系统以支持船舶乘客疏散的必要性，并凸显了物联网在乘客疏散成功与安全保障中发挥的关键作用。