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Balancing the Tradeoff between Profit and Fairness in Rideshare Platforms During High-Demand Hours
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2020
arXiv
pre-print
Rideshare platforms, when assigning requests to drivers, tend to maximize profit for the system and/or minimize waiting time for riders. Such platforms can exacerbate biases that drivers may have over certain types of requests. We consider the case of peak hours when the demand for rides is more than the supply of drivers. Drivers are well aware of their advantage during the peak hours and can choose to be selective about which rides to accept. Moreover, if in such a scenario, the assignment of
arXiv:1912.08388v2
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