Demand for this book will come from academics and practising engineers interested in the types of control presented (optimal and supervisory) as well as from those involved in traffic control (particularly in-building passenger traffic control).

Sandor Markon has 25 years experience as a designer, researcher and manager dealing with control systems with major elevator manufacturers. He is also active in publishing papers and abstracts in related fields. He has been involved in the installation of four generations of elevator systems in buildings world-wide. The current volume would gathers that knowledge together with that of other researchers currently scattered in short articles, patent disclosures, etc., into one place.