alt Hacker NewsI feel like most cases of wait times are due to elevators "waiting" empty in the wrong floor. They either all wait in the bottom floor, or all wait where they were last left at. Would be better if their waiting floors were distributed throughout the floors so that first response is fast.
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dbcurtis • today at 5:07 PM
Most systems to that. Empty-cab strategy is a programming option in the controller. If all cabs are idle (very rare) they are typically spread out.
rubslopes • today at 4:36 PM
Yes! I always thought that, when unused, elevators should distribute themselves along the floors, weighted by the floors that use them the most.
In the middle or end of the day, yes. In the morning, waiting on the bottom floor is the best.
Unless you're a hotel. Then the timing is flipped: Wait in a distributed manner in the morning/mid-day, gather on the floor in the evening.