Lightning Talk 1: Optimizing OD-Based Up-Front Discounting Strategies for Enroute Ridepooling Services
Title: Optimizing OD-Based Up-Front Discounting Strategies for Enroute Ridepooling Services
Authors: Siying Wang, Xiaolei Wang, Chen Yang, Wei Liu, Xiaoning Zhang
Abstract: The technological progress in the recent decade has greatly facilitated the large-scale implementation of dynamic enroute ridepooling services, such as Uber Pool and DiDi Pinche. To sustain a profitable dynamic ridepooling service, a well-designed pricing scheme is crucial. This paper focuses on the optimization of up-front discounting strategies f...
Keywords: enroute ridepooling; up-front pricing strategy; derivative-free optimization