A Tailored Pricing Strategy for Different Types of Users in Hybrid Carsharing Systems

Lu, Rongqin; Zhao, Xiaomei; Wang, Yingqi

doi:10.3390/a15050172

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“…Two objective functions are minimized: one models the overall cost (i.e., maintenance, acquisition, and infrastructure), whereas the other takes into account the sustainability through local pollutants costs. A tailored pricing strategy is developed in Lu et al (2022) for the FS and for the station size in OW CSSs with both AVs and conventional vehicles. One objective function, to maximize, represents the overall profit (i.e., the revenues minus the costs due to the driving, the maintenance, and the deprecation), whereas the other objective function, to minimize, represents the users' costs (i.e., the rental fees and the walking costs).…”

Section: Car-sharing With a Mixed Fleetmentioning

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A survey on emergent trends in the optimization of car‐sharing systems

Bruglieri

Pisacane

2023

Int Trans Operational Res

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This paper reviews the most recent literature on the optimization of car‐sharing systems. Unlike other surveys, we do not focus on a single aspect of car‐sharing systems, but we consider a wide range of optimization problems with a global view. Our aim is threefold. First, we revise the classic decision problems arising in car‐sharing systems with conventional and electric vehicles, such as the fleet size, the station location, and the vehicle relocation. Then, we discuss some of the most recent decision problems arising in more innovative car‐sharing systems, like those with autonomous vehicles, with mixed fleets, and the multi‐modal and the time‐dependent ones. Finally, we focus on new perspectives arising in the optimization of some innovative car‐sharing services that are not yet (or little) investigated in the literature and that are worthy of attention from the operations research point of view. For each of them, we also highlight new and challenging open decision problems that deserve academic attention.

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Section: Car-sharing With a Mixed Fleetmentioning

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A survey on emergent trends in the optimization of car‐sharing systems

Bruglieri

Pisacane

2023

Int Trans Operational Res

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“…Similarly, the follower in the lower-level model sets parking spaces based on the decisions the leader made in the upper-level model, as shown in Constraints (2). It means that the number of parking spaces the follower can set at each station is no greater than the remaining spaces (being the difference between the upper limit of the number of spaces that can be allocated at station i (Q i ) and the number of spaces allocated by the leader at the same station (…”

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“…It is convenient and energy-saving, which makes sharing cars one of the main transport modes in the future [1]. One-way carsharing systems are widely adopted in China, where car borrowing and returning stations can be different [2]. Most research focuses on one-way carsharing systems with a single operator.…”

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Joint Optimization of Allocations and Relocations in One-Way Carsharing Systems with Two Operators

2022

Sustainability

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Multiple operators commonly coexist in one-way carsharing systems. Therefore, the performance of the system is worth exploring. We used one-way carsharing systems with two operators as an example, assuming that one joins first and is called the leader, and another is named the follower. A nonlinear mixed-integer bilevel programming model is set to jointly optimize the allocations (including the number of shared cars and parking spaces) and the relocations. The users’ preferences are included by comprehensively considering the travel cost, number of available shared cars at the departing station, and the number of parking spaces at the arrival station. Relocations are also performed in the upper-level model and the lower-level model to maximize the profits of the leader and the follower, respectively. The models of both levels connect by setting the number of parking spaces at each station and the users’ choice between operators. A customized adaptive genetic algorithm is proposed based on the characteristic of the model. Case studies in Beijing reveal that, compared to a single-operator carsharing system, the total profit and demand satisfied by shared cars increased significantly in two-operator carsharing systems, with increases of 37.59% and 56.55%, respectively. Considering the users’ preferences, the leader can meet 266.84% more demands and earn a 174.76% higher profit. As for the follower, the corresponding growth rates are 124.98% and 36.30%, respectively.

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Directions of Carsharing Development in Poland—Analysis of the Need to Expand the Carsharing Zone

Drobiazgiewicz

Pokorska

2023

Sustainability

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One of the basic challenges of contemporary transportation policy is to reduce the share of passenger cars used as the primary means of transportation. This problem is particularly important in urban areas, where congestion generates significant economic costs and carries certain risks for the environment and air quality, and, as a result, has a negative impact on the health of residents. In recent decades, many solutions have been developed to support the reduction of car traffic, many of which are part of the concept of sustainable and shared mobility, such as public transport systems and carsharing and bike-sharing systems. The authors have focused on an in-depth analysis of the carsharing phenomenon in both theoretical and practical terms. The aim of the following considerations is to fill the gap in knowledge about the directions of global trends in the development of carsharing and to relate them to the situation in Poland. In addition, the authors carried out an analysis aimed at characterising the degree of activity of using carsharing services at the border of the zone and indicating whether there may be a connection between the location of cars in the border zone and the possibility of transferring to other means of transport. The authors also point out whether increasing the area of carsharing, in this case, seems justified. The research was conducted based on the literature, an analysis of the activities of companies providing carsharing services, an analysis of open public data in this area, and observations.

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A Tailored Pricing Strategy for Different Types of Users in Hybrid Carsharing Systems

Cited by 3 publications

References 33 publications

A survey on emergent trends in the optimization of car‐sharing systems

A survey on emergent trends in the optimization of car‐sharing systems

Joint Optimization of Allocations and Relocations in One-Way Carsharing Systems with Two Operators

Directions of Carsharing Development in Poland—Analysis of the Need to Expand the Carsharing Zone

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