SOUP: Spatial-Temporal Demand Forecasting and Competitive Supply

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Zheng, Bolong, Hu, Qi, Ming, Lingfeng, Hu, Jilin, Chen, Lu, Zheng, Kai, Jensen, Christian S
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 18.01.2021
• Subjects: Algorithms; Demand; Economic forecasting; Machine learning; Route planning

We consider a setting with an evolving set of requests for transportation from an origin to a destination before a deadline and a set of agents capable of servicing the requests. In this setting, an assignment authority is to assign agents to requests such that the average idle time of the agents is...