Comments on: The Elevator Dance http://cheaptalk.org/2012/10/22/the-elevator-dance/ A blog about economics, politics and the random interests of forty-something professors Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Greg Taylor http://cheaptalk.org/2012/10/22/the-elevator-dance/#comment-19680 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:32:59 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12287#comment-19680 At the train station I use each morning there are three lifts, which seems to convert this into a version of your urinal game, with people arranging themselves in order to drive others into a later elevator car. I am not sure this behaviour is inefficient though: keeping people out is of practical importance during the morning commute because a latecomer not only reduces one’s personal space, but also delays the entire lift by making the doors open again.

Somewhat tangentially, on the subject of elevators, John Carmack poses the interesting thought experiment “how much more efficient [would elevator scheduling] be if you pressed a floor button on call instead of just up/down.”: https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/257525684220604416

]]> By: artreviewed http://cheaptalk.org/2012/10/22/the-elevator-dance/#comment-19652 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:43:01 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12287#comment-19652 OMG, Thinking about it, this is so true! And Ive never realised before! :D

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