Pöschel T, Gallas JA (1994)
Publication Language: English
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 1994
Book Volume: 50
Pages Range: 2654-2659
Journal Issue: 4
We simulate the dynamical behavior of M elevators serving N floors of a building in which a Poisson distribution of persons call elevators. Our simulation reproduces the jamming effect typically seen in large buildings when a large number of persons decide to leave the building simultaneously. The collective behavior of the elevators involves characteristics similar to those observed in systems of coupled oscillators. In addition, there is an apparently rule-free critical population density above which elevators start to arrive synchronously at the ground floor. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
APA:
Pöschel, T., & Gallas, J.A. (1994). Synchronization effects in the dynamical behavior of elevators. Physical Review E, 50(4), 2654-2659. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.50.2654
MLA:
Pöschel, Thorsten, and Jason A. Gallas. "Synchronization effects in the dynamical behavior of elevators." Physical Review E 50.4 (1994): 2654-2659.
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