Permanent magnet synchronous motor drives for gearless traction elevators Chapter 1 Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Traction System – An Overview Chapter 2 Mathematical Model of Gearless PMSM Traction Elevators Chapter 3 Initial Position Detection for PMSM Traction Drives Chapter 4 Speed Detection Method at Low Speed Operation Chapter 5 Starting Torque Control Based on Dichotomy and Staircase Methods Chapter 6 Fuzzy Self Tuning Torque Control Strategy Chapter 7 Starting Torque Control Strategy Based on Offset Free Model Predictive Control Theory Chapter 8 Enhanced MPC for Rollback Mitigation During Elevator Startup Chapter 9 ADRC Strategy for Gearless PMSM Traction Elevators. This book focuses on the control strategies for gearless permanent magnet synchronous motor traction elevators. Both basic principles and experimental evaluation have been addressed. This is achieved by providing in depth study on a number of major topics such as speed detection at low speed operation starting torque strategy based on dichotomy and staircase methods fuzzy self tuning method MPC and ADRC etc. The comprehensive and systematic treatment of control strategies for cost effective gearless PMSM traction elevators and practical issues are the major features of the book which is particularly suited for readers who are interested to learn the control strategies for cost effective gearless PMSM traction elevators. The book benefits researchers engineers and graduate students in the fields of ac motor drives and control strategies for cost effective gearless PMSM traction elevators etc.