Detection of unusable bicycles in bike-sharing systems

Mor Kaspi, Tal Raviv and Michal Tzur

Omega, 2016, vol. 65, issue C, 10-16

Abstract: In bike-sharing systems, a small percentage of the bicycles become unusable every day. Currently, there is no reliable on-line information that indicates the usability of bicycles. We present a model that estimates the probability that a specific bicycle is unusable as well as the number of unusable bicycles in a station, based on available trip transaction data. Further on, we present some information based enhancements of the model and discuss an equivalent model for detecting locker failures.

Keywords: Bike-sharing; Maintenance; Bayesian model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2015.12.003

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