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  1. rrvsh · · focus · HN ↗
    Yeah, intuitively the request floor instead of up-down paradigm always seemed inefficient. However, if the issue is that it forces a single elevator and doesn't allow reoptimisation, I wonder if there's a middle ground where instead of up down there's a button panel for the floors, but you still just take whatever elevator's going up? It technically wouldn't require double work but kind of feels like it does psychologically - anyone seen prior work on this?
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