TRANSPORTATION SERVICE RESERVATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

A transportation service reservation method includes receiving a ride request specifying an origin and a destination; with respect to each of vehicles each capable of providing ride options in multiple forms of ride, generating a feasible ride option pertaining to the multiple forms of ride by referring to a storage part storing information indicating schedules assigned to the vehicle and forms of ride of the schedules; calculating a choice probability of each of ride options forming a subset with respect to each of one or more subsets satisfying a predetermined condition among subsets of a group of the generated feasible ride options; and selecting a subset to be offered in response to the ride request from among the one or more subsets satisfying the predetermined condition, based on the calculated choice probabilities. The receiving, generating, calculating, and selecting are executed by a computer.

主权项

1. A transportation service reservation method, comprising:
receiving a ride request specifying an origin and a destination; with respect to each of vehicles each capable of providing ride options in multiple forms of ride, generating a feasible ride option pertaining to the multiple forms of ride by referring to a storage part storing information indicating schedules assigned to the vehicle and forms of ride of the schedules; calculating a choice probability of each of ride options forming a subset with respect to each of one or more subsets satisfying a predetermined condition among subsets of a group of the generated feasible ride options; and selecting a subset to be offered in response to the ride request from among the one or more subsets satisfying the predetermined condition, based on the calculated choice probabilities, wherein said receiving, said generating, said calculating, and said selecting are executed by a computer processor.