UNLABELLED: This systematic review provides a comprehensive overview of tsunami evacuation models. The review covers scientific studies from the last decade (2012-2021) and is explicitly focused on models using an agent-based approach. The PRISMA methodology was used to analyze 171 selected papers, resulting in over 53 studies included in the detailed full-text analysis. This review is divided into two main parts: (1) a descriptive analysis of the presented models (focused on the modeling tools, validation, and software platform used, etc.), and (2) model analysis (e.g., model purpose, types of agents, input and output data, and modeled area). Special attention was given to the features of these models specifically associated with an agent-based approach. The results lead to the conclusion that the research domain of agent-based tsunami evacuation models is quite narrow and specialized, with a high degree of variability in the model attributes and properties. At the same time, the application of agent-specific methodologies, protocols, organizational paradigms, or standards is sparse. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11069-022-05643-x.

Department of Geology and Geoenvironment National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 15772 Athens Greece

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Technical University of Košice 042 00 Košice Slovakia

Faculty of Informatics and Management University of Hradec Králové 500 03 Hradec Králové Czech Republic

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