Many people use elevators to get to their offices each day, but lengthy queues pose a significant public health risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Columbia Engineering researchers, including Data Science Institute (DSI) members Adam N. Elmachtoub, an associate professor of industrial engineering and operations research, and Clifford Stein, professor of industrial engineering and operations research and of computer science and DSI’s associate director of research, have explored solutions to this problem.
Their approach is informed by real-world data and context provided by the Office of the Mayor of New York City. They used mathematical modeling and epidemiological principles to design interventions for queuing safely during a pandemic, without having to program any elevators.
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