高層建築在19世紀末就已出現，但真正獲得普遍發展是在20世紀中葉，尤其是近二十年來。由於已開發國家城市人口高度集中，市區用地飽和與地價昂貴，而反觀高層建築佔地面積小，在既定的建築面積內可做最大限度的開發，擴大市區空地，有利城市綠化，美化環境；同時在可同一建築物內設置許多相關聯機構，有利於互相聯繫；在建築群佈局上，由於建物高低相間，點面結合，可以改善城市面貌，豐富城市藝術；因此，高層建築獲得良好發展機會。
伴隨著建築物向高層化與綜合用途的發展，電梯已成為現代建築物中不或缺的組成要素。對於建築物的使用而言，合理的電梯配置可以透過人們對電梯的使用，無形中去分配人群的流向，使建築物空間得到充分的利用，並節省使用者的時間；不合理的電梯配置，則會降低大樓的運輸效率和造成動線擁擠與混亂，或造成電梯利用率不佳與浪費。故大樓內的電梯配置與規劃就顯的格外重要，尤其是高層或超高層建築。
隨著經濟的發展與都市地區的開發飽和，國內都市地區高樓櫛比鱗次，但回顧國內有關垂直交通規劃的相關研究，多偏重於電梯控制管理系統及數值分析研究，對於相關變數間影響性少有論述。故此篇研究將以探討垂直運輸規劃的相關變數間影響，以期協助建築相關研究人員快速有效建立大樓垂直動線初期規劃模型，降低規劃初期的探索與時間耗費，及降低規劃中之不確定因子。

The high-rise building had already appeared at the end of the 19th century, but it was extensively developed in the middle period of the 20th century, and especially the past 20 years. Because it is highly centralized to already develop national urban population, so the urban land is very sparse and expensive. By comparison, the high-rise building is small in floor space and can do maximum development in the set construction area, favourable city forestation, and save the vacant lot of urban area; Set up the related organization of a lot of phases in the same building make contact much easier; On the overall arrangement of the entire areas buildings, can improve the urban appearance, enrich urban art; So, the high-rise building gets a chance to develop well.
As to building, the reasonable lift disposes can guide the passenger's use for lift, and change the flow directions of people, The space of the building is used abundantly, and saves the user's time; The unreasonable lift disposes, will reduce the transportation efficiency of the building, and cause the traffic jam and confused; The unreasonable lift disposes, will reduce the transportation efficiency of the building, and cause the traffic jam and confused. So the lift in the building disposes and planning are important, especially on the high-rise building or skyscraper.
With economic development and development saturation, the high buildings of urban area are closely and side by side. But review the relevant research about vertical traffic planning in our country, the majority of research emphasizes on lifts control system and numerical Analysis, to probe into relevant parameter influencing few. So the dissertation studies the relevant parameters that will probe into vertical transportation planning influenced, in the hope of helping relevant researchers of the building to quickly set up the planning of vertically traffic pattern in initial stage, reduce the exploration and time which plan initial stage to consume, and reduce the uncertain factor while planning.

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