Variability in Round-Trip Times for an Elevator Car During Up-Peak

Donald P. Gaver and Bruce A. Powell
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Donald P. Gaver: Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Westinghouse Research Laboratories, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bruce A. Powell: Westinghouse Research Laboratories, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Transportation Science, 1971, vol. 5, issue 2, 169-179

Abstract: The variability in the round-trip time of an elevator car is studied. Using the derived analytical expressions for the variance of round-trip time, we can evaluate the usefulness of solutions obtained from an optimization procedure in which round-trip time was assumed constant. Also, it is shown by numerical examples why passenger-carrying capability can be increased by operating a single bank of cars as two independent banks.

Date: 1971
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