Multi-car elevator system using Genetic Network Programming for high-rise building

The multi-car elevators consist of plural cars in a single elevator shaft. It makes the improvement in handling capacity, while allowing the reduction of the space occupied in the building. At present, lots of buildings with more than 40 floors are being built, which are usually divided into several zones served by local elevator groups. The cars should be operated at equal time intervals, especially in such a building with multi-car elevator systems (MCES) in order to obtain its good performance. In this paper, Genetic Network Programming (GNP) has been applied to MCES in high-rise buildings. The performances are shown by simulations.