Customer service in an elevator system during up-peak

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-139

  Siikonen, Marja Liisa ^a  

^a KONE Corporation Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; TALL BUILDINGS;

CUSTOMER SERVICE; ELEVATOR TRAFFIC HANDLING THEORY; MEAN PASSENGER RIDE TIME; ROUND UP TIME; UP PEAK SITUATION;

ELEVATORS;

EID: 0031119390     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-2615(96)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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