Collaborative work with researchers from University of Toronto and Ryerson University will be presented at the first triennial TSL Conference from INFORMS at Loyola University, Chicago on July 26 – 29, 2017. The title of the topic is “Optimal discount policies for transit agencies: the case of pass programs and loyalty programs”.

Diego Correa will be presenting on the topic “Data-driven spatial-temporal dynamic equilibrium matching models of welfare effects from New York City taxi and Uber markets” in a session on Transport Economics and Operation in the Traffic Flow Theory and Control stream at the 21st Triennial conference on “OR/Analytics for a better world” to be held between July 17-21, 2017 in Quebec City, Canada. This work is under joint supervision of Professors Joseph Chow and Kaan Ozbay.

They conduct an empirical study to find the relationship between the built environment, service supply, and user demand by time of day for Uber using a spatial dynamic equilibrium taxi matching model. Given a matching friction, a spatial distribution of demand activities, and service coverage, the model outputs equilibrium fleet sizes, matches, and social welfare by zone and time of day.

The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) is an umbrella organization for national operations research societies of over 45 countries from four geographical regions: Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, and South America. IFORS conferences are triennial memorable events. IFORS 2017 will bring together operational researchers from around the globe.

 Learn more about: Joseph Chow, Kaan Ozbay, Diego Correa.