Method for controlling an elevator

A computer-implemented method for controlling an elevator, the elevator including a plurality of cars movable along different vertical axes between different floors of a building and a sensor system providing sensor data indicative of a current state of the elevator, the method comprising steps of:

• receiving the sensor data, wherein the sensor data includes a current position of each of the cars with respect to the floors, a list of current calls assigned to the cars and a new call to be assigned to one of the cars, wherein each of the assigned calls and the new call indicates a destination floor of the floors;
• generating a list of eligible cars from a list of the cars using the sensor data and at least one rule with which each of the cars should comply when fulfilling the new call;
• inputting the sensor data as input data into an artificial neural network trained to convert the input data into an output value for each of the cars, wherein the output value for each of the cars indicates a probability and/or tendency for the new call to be assigned to the car;
• determining from the list of eligible cars one of the eligible cars as a selected car using the output values;
• and
• assigning the new call to the selected car.