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arXiv 2002-04-02 DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.50.2654 0 views

Synchronization effects in the dynamical behavior of elevators

Poeschel, Thorsten · Gallas, Jason A. C.

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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.

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