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Online Scheduling of Car-Sharing Request Pairs between Two Locations with Advance Bookings

  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

We consider an online car-sharing problem with advance bookings, in which users (customers) submit their ride requests, and the scheduler aims to maximize the number of satisfied users. For the setting with two locations A and B, every user has a pair of requests where each request specifies the pickup time, the drop-off time, the pick-up location, and the drop-off location: one request from A to B, and one request from B to A, not necessary in this order. The schedule has to decide whether or not to accept a pair of requests immediately at the time when the request pairs are submitted. We present lower bounds on the competitive ratio for this problem and propose a greedy algorithm that achieves the best possible competitive ratio.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, IESM 2019
EditorsFeifeng Zheng, Feng Chu, Ming Liu
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728115665
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2019
Event2019 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, IESM 2019 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 25 Sep 201927 Sep 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, IESM 2019

Conference

Conference2019 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, IESM 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period25/09/1927/09/19

Keywords

  • Car-sharing System
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Online Scheduling
  • Request Pairs

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