[HN Gopher] When will your elevator arrive? Two physicists do th...
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       When will your elevator arrive? Two physicists do the math
        
       Author : dnetesn
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2021-05-04 10:32 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (phys.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | klmadfejno wrote:
       | Sounds more like queuing theory than physics
        
         | psalminen wrote:
         | Physicists can't know queuing theory? /s
        
       | imglorp wrote:
       | The study might be oversimplified since large buildings have
       | various strategies to improve wait times. Sometimes there are
       | designated "express" and "local" cars. Sometimes idle cars get
       | pre-positioned at various floors to keep them closer to new
       | calls. Sometimes pre-positioning will be adjusted by time of day,
       | ie assuming most people enter in the morning and leave in the
       | evening. Etc etc.
        
       | mysterydip wrote:
       | This is how SimTower started:
       | 
       | "Saito had a background in architecture, and one day, he found
       | himself fascinated by how elevators work - how they decide which
       | floors to go to and who's responsible for making them efficient.
       | When he called an elevator company to ask, they declined to give
       | him an answer. So with the help from programmer Takumi Abe, he
       | designed a simulation to see how elevators operate in a crowded
       | building."
       | 
       | https://obscuritory.com/sim/simtower-the-vertical-empire/
        
       | cridenour wrote:
       | Obligatory link to Elevator Saga: http://play.elevatorsaga.com/
        
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