Reinforcement Learning in the Ridesharing Marketplace

Zhiwei (Tony) Qin, Ph.D., is a Principal Scientist at Lyft Rideshare Labs. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University. His research interests include operations research, machine learning, deep learning, and big data analytics, with applications in smart transportation and E-commerce.

Xiaocheng Tang, Ph.D., is an AI Research Scientist at Meta. He earned his Ph.D. from Lehigh University. His research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning, reinforcement learning, and optimization.

Qingyang Li, Ph.D., is a Senior Engineering Manager at DiDi Autonomous Driving. He earned his Ph.D. from Arizona State University. His research interests include machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and computer vision.

Jieping Ye, Ph.D. is affiliated with the Alibaba Group. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. His research interests include machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, transportation, and biomedical informatics.

Hongtu Zhu, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Biostatics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his Ph.D. at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include medical imaging analysis, imaging genetics, artificial intelligence, statistics, biostatics, and computational neuroscience.

Introduction.- Ridesharing.- Reinforcement Learning Prime.- Pricing & Incentives.- Online Matching.- Vehicle Repositioning.- Routing.- Ride-pooling.- Related Methods.- Open Resources.- Challenges and Opportunities.- Closing Remarks.