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@analuk said:
Yes interesting topic this one – in a democratic society – equability seems the key here in being able to programme the lift to provide service to all floors on a fair basis to all residents.
Interestingly (well, to a geek like me, anyway) modern lifts can be programmed to suit the most efficient movement of people at different times of the day.
For instance, in the evening they can all return to the ground floor as soon as they have taken people home, ready for the next people who return from work, but in the morning they can default back to a mid point to be nearer the next people going to work.
In some large office buildings, the lifts “rest” at the coffee shop floor in mid-morning to be ready to take workers back to their offices after their coffee break.
Apparently there is a computer game based on the software that was developed to program lifts in this way.