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Maximising the number of participants in a ride-sharing scheme: MIP versus CP formulations

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Abstract

Ride sharing schemes aim to reduce the number of cars in congested cities, while providing the participants with a cheaper alternative to solo driving. To ensure a ride-sharing scheme thrives, it is important to maintain a high participation rate. This requires an adequate balance between drivers and riders. And thus ride matches should be proposed which maximize the number of participants. Different variants of the ride sharing problem have been solved using mixed integer programming. In this paper, we introduce a constraint programming formulation for the problem that uses cumulative constraints with dependencies between trip times. In experiments based on collected trip schedules from four different regions, the constraint model outperforms the MIP model. However, when we change the problem by assuming all drivers have flexible roles, the MIP model allows faster solution times than the CP model.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2015 IEEE 27th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI 2015
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages836-843
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781509001637
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Jan 2016
Event27th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI 2015 - Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy
Duration: 9 Nov 201511 Nov 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI
Volume2016-January
ISSN (Print)1082-3409

Conference

Conference27th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI 2015
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityVietri sul Mare, Salerno
Period9/11/1511/11/15

Keywords

  • Constraints
  • Optimisation
  • Ridesharing

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