סמינר מחלקתי

Setting Inventory Levels in Bike Sharing Networks

Dr. Sharon Datner – M.Sc. student

Abstract:

Bike-sharing systems allow people to rent a bicycle at one of many automatic rental stations scattered around a city, use them for a short journey, and return them at any other station in that city. A crucial factor in the success of such a system is its ability to meet the fluctuating demand for both bicycles and vacant lockers at each station. Setting the inventory levels of each station is a complicated task, due to the nature of users' behavior. If bicycles are not available at the desired origin of a user's journey, the user may either abandon the system, possibly use other means of transportation, or she may look for available bicycles in a neighboring station. If, on the other hand, a locker is not available at the destination, the user is obliged to find a station with available space in order to return the bicycle to the system. In this study we introduce a method to determine the inventory levels, who considers the interaction described between neighboring stations in the bike sharing network. Using a simulation based guided local search, we set inventory levels that would improve the systems' quality of service

This work was performed under the supervision of Prof. Michal Tzur and Dr. Tal Raviv.

ההרצאה תתקיים ביום שלישי 24/3/15, בשעה 14:00 בחדר 206, בנין וולפסון הנדסה, הפקולטה להנדסה, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב