Friday, September 14, 2007

Elevator Action

Here's my dorky confession of the day: I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about elevators... mostly when I'm in them, or when I see people waiting for them. I'm not sure if anyone else shares this trait, but I've always been curious about how you could design an elevator's behaviour to minimize travel time. Would it be better to pick up people as often as possible, or to prioritize bringing people to their destination floor as quickly as possible once they're in?

It turns out the subject is a whole lot more complex than I thought.

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