Podium Session 8: On-Demand Meal Delivery: A Markov Model for Circulating Couriers
Title: On-Demand Meal Delivery: A Markov Model for Circulating Couriers
Authors: Michael G H Bell, Dat Tien Le, Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Glenn Geers
Abstract: On-demand meal delivery has become a feature of most cities around the world as a result of platforms and apps that facilitate it, as well as the pandemic, which for a period closed restaurants. Meals are delivered by couriers, typically on bikes, e-bikes or scooters, who circulate collecting meals from kitchens and delivering them to customers, wh...
Keywords: Ghost kitchens; On-demand delivery; Markov chains