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[bushindo]

Thanks for raising above concerns... I assume, I framed the problem in bit hurry... here are the clarification to your concerns...

AIM is to minimize average waiting time...

Further assume, it's a residential building... all residents mostly travel between their floor and ground floor, so please ignore other in-between floor travels...

Hope this problem make more sense now...

Thanks for the clarification. If that's the case,

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Assuming no net gain or net loss of residents, the probability of call from floor 0 is 1/2, while probability of calls from each remaining floor is 1/24. The 2 elevators should idle at floor 0 and floor 8.

[Rob_Gandy]

Thanks for the clarification. If that's the case,

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Assuming no net gain or net loss of residents, the probability of call from floor 0 is 1/2, while probability of calls from each remaining floor is 1/24. The 2 elevators should idle at floor 0 and floor 8.

Spoiler for Or...

Floor 0 and Floor 9. It would result in the exact same average wait time.