Archetypes of Carsharing Relocation Algorithms: A Perspective on Problem Space, Solution Space and Evaluation

Christoph Prinz, Mathias Willnat, Tim-Benjamin Lembcke, Lutz Kolbe

2024

Abstract

Shared vehicle services like carsharing enable society to achieve a more favorable tradeoff between the societal cost and the individual benefits of physical mobility. To realize this value proposition, numerous carsharing types with unique constraints have emerged. A key challenge of making such offerings available, is the real time coordination of fleet supply tailored to short term customer demands. Researchers developed frameworks, algorithms, and decision support systems to address the corresponding vehicle relocation challenge on strategic, tactical, and operational level. However, subsequent vehicle relocation knowledge must be systematized to ensure that subsequent insights can be reused and further developed. Consequently, we develop a holistic taxonomy for vehicle relocation algorithms in carsharing, which contributes to current research by (1) providing consistent descriptions and analyses of vehicle relocation problems, solutions, and evaluation approaches, (2) identifying archetypes of algorithm instances, and (3) guiding research to work on subsequent research gaps. As a result, we substantiate a resilient and validated relationship between vehicle relocation’s problem and solution space.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Prinz C., Willnat M., Lembcke T. and Kolbe L. (2024). Archetypes of Carsharing Relocation Algorithms: A Perspective on Problem Space, Solution Space and Evaluation. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS; ISBN 978-989-758-703-0, SciTePress, pages 165-177. DOI: 10.5220/0012702400003702

in Bibtex Style

@conference{vehits24,
author={Christoph Prinz and Mathias Willnat and Tim-Benjamin Lembcke and Lutz Kolbe},
title={Archetypes of Carsharing Relocation Algorithms: A Perspective on Problem Space, Solution Space and Evaluation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS},
year={2024},
pages={165-177},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012702400003702},
isbn={978-989-758-703-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - Volume 1: VEHITS
TI - Archetypes of Carsharing Relocation Algorithms: A Perspective on Problem Space, Solution Space and Evaluation
SN - 978-989-758-703-0
AU - Prinz C.
AU - Willnat M.
AU - Lembcke T.
AU - Kolbe L.
PY - 2024
SP - 165
EP - 177
DO - 10.5220/0012702400003702
PB - SciTePress