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In this paper, we consider the network slicing problem which attempts to map multiple customized virtual network requests (also called services) to a common shared network infrastructure and allocate network resources to meet diverse…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-02-05 Wei-Kun Chen , Ya-Feng Liu , Yu-Hong Dai , Zhi-Quan Luo

In this work we consider the multi-agent motion planning (MAMP) problem with the constraint that agents arrive at their respective goals at the same time. For the special case where all agents are initially at rest we propose a two-step…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Anja Hellander , Daniel Axehill

This paper addresses the problem of planning time-optimal trajectories for multiple cooperative agents along specified paths through a static road network. Vehicle interactions at intersections create non-trivial decisions, with complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-10-08 Philip Gun , Andrew Hill , Robin Vujanic

We consider the {\em multi-shop ski rental} problem. This problem generalizes the classic ski rental problem to a multi-shop setting, in which each shop has different prices for renting and purchasing a pair of skis, and a \emph{consumer}…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2014-04-11 Lingqing Ai , Xian Wu , Lingxiao Huang , Longbo Huang , Pingzhong Tang , Jian Li

Ride-hailing is a sustainable transportation paradigm where riders access door-to-door traveling services through a mobile phone application, which has attracted a colossal amount of usage. There are two major planning tasks in a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Dacheng Wen , Yupeng Li , Francis C. M. Lau

Planning in public transportation is traditionally done in a sequential process: After the network design process, the lines and their frequencies are planned. When these are fixed, a timetable is determined and based on the timetable, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-07 Philine Schiewe , Anita Schöbel

Efficient timing in ride-matching is crucial for improving the performance of ride-hailing and ride-pooling services, as it determines the number of drivers and passengers considered in each matching process. Traditional batched matching…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Yiman Bao , Jie Gao , Jinke He , Frans A. Oliehoek , Oded Cats

Efficient scheduling of periodic meetings is a critical challenge in various service-oriented domains, including academic settings, healthcare, and legal consultancy. This study presents a robust Integer Linear Programming (ILP) model to…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Sina Moradi

A peer to peer ridesharing system connects drivers who are using their personal vehicles to conduct their daily activities with passengers who are looking for rides. A well-designed and properly implemented ridesharing system can bring…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-12-20 Sara Masoud , Young Jun Son , Neda Masoud , Jay Jayakrishnan

Mobility-on-demand systems are transforming the way we think about the transportation of people and goods. Most research effort has been placed on scalability issues for systems with a large number of agents and simple pick-up/drop-off…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-15 Kaier Liang , Cristian-Ioan Vasile

Peer-to-peer ridesharing (P2P-RS) enables people to arrange one-time rides with their own private cars, without the involvement of professional drivers. It is a prominent collective intelligence application producing significant benefits…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Filippo Bistaffa , Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar , Jesús Cerquides

We study the routing problem for vehicles with limited energy through a network of inhomogeneous charging nodes. This is substantially more complicated than the homogeneous node case studied in [1]. We seek to minimize the total elapsed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-04-25 Sepideh Pourazarm , Christos G. Cassandras

Today mobile users such as drivers are invited by content providers (e.g., Tripadvisor) to sample fresh information of diverse paths to control the age of information (AoI). However, selfish drivers prefer to travel through the shortest…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-09 Hongbo Li , Lingjie Duan

In recent years, ridesharing platforms have become a prominent mode of transportation for the residents of urban areas. As a fundamental problem, route recommendation for these platforms is vital for their sustenance. The works done in this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Aqsa Ashraf Makhdomi , Iqra Altaf Gillani

Optimizing shared vehicle systems (bike/scooter/car/ride-sharing) is more challenging compared to traditional resource allocation settings due to the presence of \emph{complex network externalities} -- changes in the demand/supply at any…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-12 Siddhartha Banerjee , Daniel Freund , Thodoris Lykouris

We propose a nonparametric mixed logit model that is estimated using market-level choice share data. The model treats each market as an agent and represents taste heterogeneity through market-specific parameters by solving a multiagent…

Econometrics · Economics 2026-04-16 Xiyuan Ren , Joseph Y. J. Chow , Prateek Bansal

Motivated by applications in online marketplaces such as ride-hailing, we study how strategic servers impact the system performance. We consider a discrete-time process in which, heterogeneous types of customers and servers arrive. Each…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-25 Sushil Mahavir Varma , Francisco Castro , Siva Theja Maguluri

In this study, we propose a three-stage framework for the planning and scheduling of high-capacity mobility-on-demand services (e.g., micro transit and flexible transit) at urban activity hubs. The proposed framework consists of (1) the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Xinwu Qian , Jiawei Xue , Satish V. Ukkusuri

This paper proposes a general equilibrium model for multi-passenger ridesharing systems, in which interactions between ridesharing drivers, passengers, platforms, and transportation networks are endogenously captured. Stable matching is…

General Economics · Economics 2023-12-06 Rui Yao , Shlomo Bekhor

A large portion of passenger requests is reportedly unserviced, partially due to vacant for-hire drivers' cruising behavior during the passenger seeking process. This paper aims to model the multi-driver repositioning task through a mean…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-08-25 Zhenyu Shou , Xuan Di