Optimal car dispatching for elevator groups using genetic algorithms

Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-99

  Bolat, Berna ^a   Cortés, Pablo ^b   Yalçin, Ersun ^a   Alişverişçi, Mustafa ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elevator control systems; Genetic Algorithms; Vertical transportation system

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349088094     PISSN: 10798587     EISSN: 2326005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10798587.2010.10643066     Document Type: Article

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