Order dispatching and vacant vehicles rebalancing for the first-mile ride-sharing problem

Given a set of transport requests to a transit station and a set of homogeneous vehicle, both geographically dispersed in a business area, the First-Mile Ride-Sharing Problem (FMRSP) consists of finding least cost vehicle routes to transport passengers to the station by shared rides. In this paper w...

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Main Authors: Jinwen Ye, Giovanni Pantuso, David Pisinger
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Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics
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description Given a set of transport requests to a transit station and a set of homogeneous vehicle, both geographically dispersed in a business area, the First-Mile Ride-Sharing Problem (FMRSP) consists of finding least cost vehicle routes to transport passengers to the station by shared rides. In this paper we formulate the problem as a mathematical optimization problem and study the effectiveness of preventive movements of idle vehicles (i.e., rebalancing) in order to anticipate future demand. That is, we identify promising rebalancing locations based on historical data and give the model incentives to assign vehicles to such location. We then assess the effectiveness of such movements by simulating online usage of the mathematical model in a rolling-horizon framework. The results show that rebalancing is consistently preferable both in terms of profits and service rate. Particularly, in operating contexts where the station is not centrally located, rebalancing movements increase both profits and service rates by around 30% on average.
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spelling doaj-art-984853d0a25f4e4eac53e71ee9e84e012025-08-20T02:39:08ZengElsevierEURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics2192-43842024-01-011310013210.1016/j.ejtl.2024.100132Order dispatching and vacant vehicles rebalancing for the first-mile ride-sharing problemJinwen Ye0Giovanni Pantuso1David Pisinger2University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Corresponding author.University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkTechnical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, DenmarkGiven a set of transport requests to a transit station and a set of homogeneous vehicle, both geographically dispersed in a business area, the First-Mile Ride-Sharing Problem (FMRSP) consists of finding least cost vehicle routes to transport passengers to the station by shared rides. In this paper we formulate the problem as a mathematical optimization problem and study the effectiveness of preventive movements of idle vehicles (i.e., rebalancing) in order to anticipate future demand. That is, we identify promising rebalancing locations based on historical data and give the model incentives to assign vehicles to such location. We then assess the effectiveness of such movements by simulating online usage of the mathematical model in a rolling-horizon framework. The results show that rebalancing is consistently preferable both in terms of profits and service rate. Particularly, in operating contexts where the station is not centrally located, rebalancing movements increase both profits and service rates by around 30% on average.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2192437624000074First-mileRide-sharingOrder dispatchingRebalancingRolling horizon
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Order dispatching and vacant vehicles rebalancing for the first-mile ride-sharing problem
EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics
First-mile
Ride-sharing
Order dispatching
Rebalancing
Rolling horizon
title Order dispatching and vacant vehicles rebalancing for the first-mile ride-sharing problem
title_full Order dispatching and vacant vehicles rebalancing for the first-mile ride-sharing problem
title_fullStr Order dispatching and vacant vehicles rebalancing for the first-mile ride-sharing problem
title_full_unstemmed Order dispatching and vacant vehicles rebalancing for the first-mile ride-sharing problem
title_short Order dispatching and vacant vehicles rebalancing for the first-mile ride-sharing problem
title_sort order dispatching and vacant vehicles rebalancing for the first mile ride sharing problem
topic First-mile
Ride-sharing
Order dispatching
Rebalancing
Rolling horizon
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2192437624000074
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