Event Date
METRANS Fall 2024 Research Seminar: Stochastic Ride Sharing System with Flexible Pickup and Drop-off
Event Overview
Ridesharing systems can significantly improve the efficiency of transportation systems by utilizing unused spaces in a vehicle while at the same time providing cheap, flexible and convenient commute options to urban passengers. However, a big obstacle in planning a carpool ridesharing system is the uncertainty that is inherent in the system. These uncertainties typically arise due to unknown road conditions that affect travel time and passenger or driver cancellations that result in uncertain demand and capacity of the system. Uncertainties also occur due to the passengers possibly having flexible pickup and drop-off locations. The purpose of the research discussed is to provide a ride-sharing planning scheme that will consider all three sources of uncertainties to provide a robust travel plan while at the same time reducing travel time for the commuters. The method proposed can help transportation officials and rideshare planners design more robust rideshare systems to alleviate traffic congestion in California.
Speakers
Dr. Maged Dessouky is Dean's Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Spatial Sciences Institute at USC. Dr. Dessouky's research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, PATH, Caltrans, FTA, and Department of Defense. He was recipient of the 2007 Transportation Science & Logistics Best Paper Prize ("Optimal Slack Time for Schedule-Based Transit Operations"). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Dr. Dessouky was a recipient of IIE Operations Research Division Excellence in Teaching Award, the USC Associates Award in Teaching (Top University Award for Teaching), Alpha Pi Mu/Omega Rho Outstanding Teacher of the Year in Industrial Systems Engineering, the USC Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the TRW School of Engineering Teacher Award. He is area/associate editor of Computers & Industrial Engineering, IIE Transactions, and Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, on the editorial board of Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, and previously served as Area Editor of ACM Transactions of Modelling and Computer Simulation and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.