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Tuesday, April 24, 2018
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 1690)

Smart Grid

CANCELLED-Monge Properties, Optimal Greedy Policies, and Policy Improvement for the Dynamic Stochastic Transportation Problem

CANCELLED-Alexander Estes
University of Maryland

CANCELLED-We consider a dynamic, stochastic extension to the transportation problem. For the deterministic problem, there are known necessary and sufficient conditions under which a greedy algorithm achieves the optimal solution. We define a distribution-free type of optimality and provide analogous necessary and sufficient conditions under which a greedy policy achieves this type of optimality in the dynamic, stochastic setting. These results are used to prove that a greedy algorithm is optimal when planning a type of air traffic management initiative. We also provide weaker conditions under which it is possible to strengthen an existing policy. These results can be applied to the problem of matching passengers with drivers in an on-demand taxi service. They specify conditions under which a passenger and driver should not be left unassigned.

Host: Russell Bent