Optimal parking of idle elevators under myopic and state-dependent policies

• Main Authors: Parlar M., MOOSA Sharafali, Ou J.
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• 主題: Applied probability; Location science; Nonlinear programming; Business Administration, Management, and Operations
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4745
• 機構: Singapore Management University

In this paper we discuss the problem of optimally parking single and multiple idle elevators under light-traffic conditions. The problem is analyzed from the point of view of the elevator owner whose objective is to minimize the expected total cost of parking and dispatching the elevator (which incl...