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Re: Java Algorithm for elevator system

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Anshu wrote:
> I'm looking for some java based algorithm for elevator simulation,
> which will control elevator movement. If any one can give any pointers
> on this, it will be of great help to my research paper. The algorithm
> need not be a complex one but i need some fancy algorithm as mentioned
> in wikipedia like SCAN, LOOK, FCFS, etc.

<http://lmgtfy.com/?q=java+elevator+simulator>

In general terms, Patricia Shanahan, Ph.D., has put together some advice on how to approach any programming problem:
<http://home.earthlink.net/~patricia_shanahan/beginner.html>

I'll only add that it is a good idea to create a model of how elevators operate, or at least of how an idealized elevator would operate.  This model should be quite independent of any programming language.  Rather, it would be a precise description of the operations, commands and behaviors of the system.  "Nouns and verbs analysis", I call it.  What things do stuff, and what stuff do they do?

Now as for needing an algorithm that "need not be .. complex but I need some fancy algorithm", that's rather a contradiction.  "Fancy" is pretty much equivalent to "complex".

You say "SCAN, LOOK, FCFS, etc." as if that makes any sense to anyone.  Define your behaviors completely - if you want to keep things simple, define fewer behaviors.  In other words, there shouldn't be any "etc."  FIgure out what a "SCAN" is (if you're supporting that behavior).  It's more than a label; it's a to-be-defined set of very specific changes to your system state.

-- 
Lew

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Java Algorithm for elevator system Anshu <anshu.basia@gmail.com> - 2011-10-01 23:58 -0700
  Re: Java Algorithm for elevator system Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-02 00:21 -0700
    Re: Java Algorithm for elevator system Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-02 07:20 -0700
      Re: Java Algorithm for elevator system Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-10-02 16:16 -0700
  Re: Java Algorithm for elevator system Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-02 06:24 -0700
  Re: Java Algorithm for elevator system Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-10-02 09:33 -0400
    Re: Java Algorithm for elevator system "Charles Hottel" <chottel@earthlink.net> - 2011-10-02 12:02 -0400

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