Robust Repositioning for Vehicle Sharing

Long He
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Long He
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9951-7450
NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119245;
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Zhenyu Hu
Zhenyu Hu
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NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119245;
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Meilin Zhang
Meilin Zhang
Business School, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore 599494
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Long He

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Long He

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9951-7450

NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119245;

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Zhenyu Hu

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1403-1732

NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119245;

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Meilin Zhang

Business School, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore 599494

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Published Online:24 Apr 2019https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2018.0734

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Received:May 25, 2017
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