Vehicle Dispatch in On-Demand Ride-Sharing with Stochastic Travel Times

Cheng Li,David Parker,Qi Hao,Cheng Li,David Parker,Qi Hao

On-demand ride-sharing is a promising way to improve mobility efficiency and reliability. The quality of passenger experience and the profit achieved by these platforms are strongly affected by the vehicle dispatch policy. However, existing ride-sharing research seldom considers travel time uncertainty, which leads to inaccurate dispatch allocations. This paper proposes a framework for dynamic veh...