Labor-right Protecting Dispatch of Meal Delivery Platforms

@article{Weng2021LaborrightPD,
  title={Labor-right Protecting Dispatch of Meal Delivery Platforms},
  author={Wentao Weng and Yang Yu},
  journal={2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
  year={2021},
  pages={1349-1355}
}
  • Wentao WengYang Yu
  • Published 29 September 2021
  • Computer Science
  • 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
The boom in the meal delivery industry brings growing concern about the labor rights of riders. Current dispatch policies of meal-delivery platforms focus mainly on satisfying consumers or minimizing the number of riders for cost savings. There are few discussions on improving the working conditions of riders by algorithm design. The lack of concerns on labor rights in mechanism and dispatch design has resulted in a very large time waste for riders and their risky driving. In this research, we… 
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