An AI-based approach to destination control in elevators

AI Magazine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 59-78

  Koehler, Jana ^a   Ottiger, Daniel ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; ELEVATORS; FUZZY CONTROL; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ELEVATOR CONTROL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0036747919     PISSN: 07384602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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