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AdSimulo predicts how people and lifts move through a building using the same engineering principles trusted by lift designers worldwide — then proves the maths behind it against the recognised international standards.
Lift traffic analysis is a well-established engineering discipline. AdSimulo is built on the same publicly documented standards and research that the industry uses to design vertical transportation in real buildings.
The reference guide for lift traffic design, performance metrics and simulation methodology used across the industry.
The international standard framework for assessing lift traffic performance and quality of service.
Including the round-trip-time and handling-capacity framework and the jerk-limited motion model documented by Barney & Al-Sharif, Peters, Strakosch and others.
Every result starts with a precise description of your building and its lifts. The more accurately these are described, the more accurately AdSimulo can predict real-world behaviour.
Number of floors, floor-to-floor heights, and the population on each floor.
Rated speed, acceleration, jerk (ride smoothness), car capacity and door timings.
Traffic patterns such as morning up-peak, lunchtime, down-peak and balanced two-way demand, with realistic arrival rates.
How lifts are grouped, zoned and controlled to serve different parts of the building.
Rather than relying on a single formula, AdSimulo runs a discrete-event simulation — it models the building tick by tick, generating individual passengers and moving every lift in real time, exactly as recommended for accurate traffic analysis.
AdSimulo reports the standard, industry-recognised measures of lift performance — the same metrics specifying engineers use to judge whether a building is well served.
— how long people wait for a lift
— how often a lift arrives
— % of the building moved in 5 minutes
— how full lifts run
We don't just claim our maths is right — we test it. AdSimulo's calculation engine has been independently checked against the published industry-standard equations.
of motion test cases matched the published standard equations
independent scenarios verified across speeds, heights & lift types
difference vs the textbook result — far smaller than anything measurable
What we checked
In plain terms: the part of AdSimulo that decides how lifts move and how long people wait agrees with the established engineering standards essentially perfectly — so the numbers you base decisions on are sound.
AdSimulo follows the methodology and metrics described in CIBSE Guide D, ISO 8100-32 and the established lift-traffic engineering literature. References to standards and published research indicate the basis of our methodology and do not imply endorsement or certification by their authors or publishing bodies.
