Control of Traffic Systems in Buildings

• Main Authors: Markon, Sandor (Author), Kise, Hiroshi (Author), Kita, Hajime (Author), Bartz-Beielstein, Thomas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2006.
• Series: Advances in Industrial Control,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer simulation.; Automotive engineering.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Civil engineering.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Automotive Engineering.; Building Construction.; Simulation and Modeling.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Civil Engineering.

Transportation systems in buildings are part of everyday life: whether ferrying people twenty storeys up to the office or moving luggage to the airport check-in, 21st-century man relies on them. Control of Traffic Systems in Buildings presents the state of the art in the analysis and control of tran...

Table of Contents:

• Transportation Systems
• Passenger Transportation Systems
• Cargo Transportation Systems
• External Connections and Related Systems
• Modeling and Simulation
• General Modeling Concepts
• Queuing Models
• Modeling Techniques for Discrete Event Systems
• Scheduling Models with Transportation
• Intelligent Control Methods for Transportation Systems
• Analytical and Heuristic Control of Transportation Systems
• Adaptive Control by Neural Networks and Reinforcement Learning
• Genetic Algorithms for Control-system Optimization
• Control System Optimization by Evolution Strategies and Particle Swarm Optimization
• Intelligent Control by Combinatorial Optimization
• Topics in Modern Control for Transportation Systems
• The S-ring: a Transportation System Model for Benchmarking
• Elevator Group Control by Neural Networks and Stochastic Approximation
• Optimal Control by Evolution Strategies and Particle Swarm Optimization
• On Adaptive Cooperation of AGVs and Elevators in Buildings
• Optimal Control of Multicar Elevator Systems by Genetic Algorithms
• Analysis and Optimization for Automated Vehicle Routing
• Tabu-based Optimization for Input/Output Scheduling.