Allocation strategies in a dockless bike sharing system: a community structure-based approach

This study develops a methodology to determine the optimal allocation position deploy bikes in competitive dockless bike sharing market. The community structure approach complex network theory is utilized offer strategies market leader two specific regimes, with potential competitor, and without competitor. Two different heuristics are proposed handle scenarios respectively due design objectives, wherein first one aims attract maximum users other use minimum resources cover service area. hypothetic networks adopted illustrate difference under these regimes. numerical studies – simplified Sioux Falls real Singapore used demonstrate algorithm performance show applicability of model for scenario that no competitor exists.