304 - Department

[little joey]

It's been a while, but I was having the same kind of questions. Now that I got Accepted, I can tell which assumptions I made.

First question:
The problem text says that room numbers are less than 10, but nevertheless, in the example, a room number 10 appears... What IS the limit of the room numbers?

I use 0<floor<16, 0<room<16.

Second question:
Should agents on the same floor form one elevator queue or two elevator queues - one for UP and one for DOWN?

Yes, two queues. A pater noster has both an up-stream and a down-stream.

Third question:
What happens if a high ranking agent needs to go to an elevator in which a lower ranking agent is already standing? Should the lower ranking agent step out of the elevator for 5 seconds, or should the older agent wait, or should he just enter?

If there already is an agent in the elevator, coming from another floor and not leaving, the agents in the queue will have to wait, even if they are higher in rank.

Hope it helps someone.

[brianfry713]

Input:

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A 01:00:01
0301 1
0
B 01:00:07
0301 1
0
.

AC output:

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A
01:00:01 01:00:31 Entry
01:00:31 01:00:35 Waiting in elevator queue
01:00:35 01:01:35 Stay in elevator
01:01:35 01:01:45 Transfer from elevator to room 0301
01:01:45 01:01:46 Stay in room 0301
01:01:46 01:01:56 Transfer from room 0301 to elevator
01:01:56 01:02:00 Waiting in elevator queue
01:02:00 01:03:00 Stay in elevator
01:03:00 01:03:30 Exit

B
01:00:07 01:00:37 Entry
01:00:37 01:00:40 Waiting in elevator queue
01:00:40 01:01:40 Stay in elevator
01:01:40 01:01:50 Transfer from elevator to room 0301
01:01:50 01:01:51 Stay in room 0301
01:01:51 01:02:01 Transfer from room 0301 to elevator
01:02:01 01:02:05 Waiting in elevator queue
01:02:05 01:03:05 Stay in elevator
01:03:05 01:03:35 Exit

[metaphysis]

For checking whether you use tow queue on elevatoror not.
Input:

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C 15:00:00
0201 15
0301 20
0
D 15:00:00
0205 10
0
.

ACed putput:

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C
15:00:00 15:00:30 Entry
15:00:30 15:01:00 Stay in elevator
15:01:00 15:01:10 Transfer from elevator to room 0201
15:01:10 15:01:25 Stay in room 0201
15:01:25 15:01:35 Transfer from room 0201 to elevator
15:01:35 15:02:05 Stay in elevator
15:02:05 15:02:15 Transfer from elevator to room 0301
15:02:15 15:02:35 Stay in room 0301
15:02:35 15:02:45 Transfer from room 0301 to elevator
15:02:45 15:03:45 Stay in elevator
15:03:45 15:04:15 Exit

D
15:00:00 15:00:30 Entry
15:00:30 15:00:35 Waiting in elevator queue
15:00:35 15:01:05 Stay in elevator
15:01:05 15:01:15 Transfer from elevator to room 0205
15:01:15 15:01:25 Stay in room 0205
15:01:25 15:01:35 Transfer from room 0205 to elevator
15:01:35 15:02:05 Stay in elevator
15:02:05 15:02:35 Exit