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Dynamic Matching for Real-Time Ride Sharing

Erhun Özkan
Erhun Özkan
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College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey;
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Amy R. Ward
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Amy R. Ward
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Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Erhun Özkan

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6870-9495

College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey;

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Amy R. Ward

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Amy R. Ward

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Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

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Published Online:25 Feb 2020https://doi.org/10.1287/stsy.2019.0037

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Received:July 26, 2018
Accepted:May 10, 2019
Published Online:February 25, 2020

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Erhun Özkan, Amy R. Ward (2020) Dynamic Matching for Real-Time Ride Sharing. Stochastic Systems 10(1):29-70.

https://doi.org/10.1287/stsy.2019.0037

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