Bibliography | Schmid, Lasse: Incentives and Management of a Decentralised Platform for Ride-Pooling. University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology, Master Thesis No. 86 (2023). 99 pages, english.
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Abstract | Assuming that autonomous vehicles become a reality in the next few years, there are studies that predict an uprise in traffic and, therefore, congestion. To prevent this, ride-pooling is suggested as a way to use vehicles more efficiently. However, a platform orchestrating ride-pooling would traditionally generate an oligopoly or even a monopoly. A possible solution to prevent those forces in the market is a decentralised platform. Therein, this Thesis focuses on the business model, especially on the incentives used while characterising the market with the consideration of stakeholders and existing literature. By conducting a structured literature review and methodically analysing stakeholders, incentives are defined according to the House Framework. Including a concept for governance to ensure the operation long-term. This thesis shows that such a platform can be designed, generating the maximum total revenue through a Vickrey auction and, therefore, the optimum for users and ride-providers. All the steps in the process have a Nash equilibrium, so there is an incentive to comply with the system. Additionally, a reputation system holds people accountable for misbehaving. It determines ratings via a weighted average with decay. Even though the platform can operate more cost-efficiently than current vendors on the market.
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Department(s) | University of Stuttgart, Institute of Architecture of Application Systems
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Superviser(s) | Aiello, Prof. Marco; Pesl, Robin |
Entry date | February 20, 2024 |
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