Pricing in vehicle sharing systems: optimization in queuing networks with product forms

Pricing in Vehicle Sharing Systems: Optimization in queuing networks with product forms

One-way Vehicle Sharing Systems (VSS) such as Vélib’ Paris are flourishing. The usefulness of VSS for users is highly impacted by the availability of vehicles and parking spots. Most existing systems are ruled by the requests of users. We study the potential interest of influencing the users in order to improve the performance of the system. We focus on optimizing the number of trips taken in t...

Vehicle Sharing System Pricing Regulation: Transit Optimization of Intractable Queuing Network

This paper presents polynomially solvable stochastic models to tackle the Vehicle Sharing System (VSS) pricing problem. We focus on optimizing the average number of trips sold with static demands, infinite station capacities and null transportation times. The stochastic VSS pricing problem is modeled as a closed queuing network with infinite buffers and continuous controls on transition rates f...

Vehicle Sharing Systems Pricing Optimization. (Vehicle Sharing Systems Pricing Optimization (Optimisation des systèmes de véhicules en libre service par la tarification))

Application of queuing theory in inventory systems with substitution flexibility

Considering the competition in today’s business environment, tactical planning of a supply chain becomes more complex than before. In many multi-product inventory systems, substitution flexibility can improve profits. This paper aims to prepare a comprehensive substitution inventory model, where an inventory system with two substitute products with ignorable lead time has been considered, and e...

Electric-vehicle car-sharing in one-way car-sharing systems considering depreciation costs of vehicles and chargers

In recent years, car-sharing systems have been announced as a way to increase mobility and to decrease the number of single-occupant vehicles, congestion, and air pollution in many parts of the world. This study presents a linear programming model to optimize one-way car-sharing systems for electric cars considering the depreciation costs of chargers and vehicles as well as relocation cost of v...