Title: Assessing the up-peak performance of destination elevator group control systems using real time allocation of landing calls

Authors: Lutfi Al-Sharif; Anas Riyal; Zaid Jaber; Jamal Hamdan

Addresses: Mechatronics Engineering Department, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan; Mechatronics Engineering Department, Philadelphia University, Amman 19392, Jordan ' Mechatronics Engineering Department, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan ' Mechatronics Engineering Department, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan ' Mechatronics Engineering Department, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan

Abstract: The boost in the handling capacity of destination elevator group control systems has been previously calculated under idealised conditions, assuming simultaneously minimum values of the highest reversal floor and of the average number of stops in a round trip. The boost has also been calculated under conditions of allocating the landing calls with full advanced knowledge of the passenger destinations (offline allocation). This paper re-calculates the boost in handling capacity under real time allocation conditions of the landing calls as they are registered. The landing calls are revealed to the controller one at a time, and the controller has to make an irrevocable allocation of the landing call to an elevator. The efficiency drops under real time allocation conditions compared to the other two conditions as expected. However, it still reveals a significant boost in handling capacity that increases with the number of elevators in the group.

Keywords: elevators; lifts; round trip time; interval; up-peak traffic; destination group control; probable number of stops; highest reversal floor; Monte Carlo simulation; calculation; optimisation; real time allocation; landing calls; handling capacity; passenger destinations; elevator passengers; lift passengers.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2017.083040

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017 Vol.25 No.4, pp.443 - 459

Received: 30 Sep 2014
Accepted: 30 Mar 2015

Published online: 19 Mar 2017 *

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