1994/10/01 by Thorsten Poeschel, Thorsten Pöschel, Jason A. C. Gallas · 1 citation
Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · Neuroscience · Physics and Astronomy · #Computer science #Condensed matter physics #Elevator #Engineering #Jamming #Mathematics #Neural dynamics and brain function #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Physics #Poisson distribution #Population #Simulation #Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research #Statistical physics #Statistics #Structural engineering #Synchronization (alternating current) #Telecommunications #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreve.50.2654
published as Phys. Rev. E., Vol. 50, 2654 (1994) · 6 pages, 9 figures
openalex publication_date 1994/10/01 · arxiv created 2002/04/02 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
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.