Dynamic pricing and matching in ride-hailing platforms

Ride-hailing platforms such as Uber, Lyft, and DiDi have achieved explosive growth and reshaped urban transportation. The theory and technologies behind these platforms have become one of the most active research topics in the fields of economics, operations research, computer science, and transportation engineering. In particular, advanced matching and dynamic pricing (DP) algorithms—the two key levers in ride-hailing—have received tremendous attention from the research community and are continuously being designed and implemented at industrial scales by ride-hailing platforms. We provide a review of matching and DP techniques in ride-hailing, and show that they are critical for providing an experience with low waiting time for both riders and drivers. Then we link the two levers together by studying a pool-matching mechanism called dynamic waiting (DW) that varies rider waiting and walking before dispatch, which is inspired by a recent carpooling product Express Pool from Uber. We show using data from Uber that by jointly optimizing DP and DW, price variability can be mitigated, while increasing capacity utilization, trip throughput, and welfare. We also highlight several key practical challenges and directions of future research from a practitioner's perspective.     

无人飞行器异源图像匹配辅助惯性导航定位技术综述

无全球定位系统下高精度定位与导航是飞行器实现自主侦查、巡航与打击的关键。视觉导航具有被动、低成本、能避免累积误差等优点。视觉导航与惯性导航融合更能够发挥出各自的优势,达到高精度定位的目的。总结了异源图像匹配辅助惯性导航的飞行器定位技术的发展历程; 从相机-惯导标定技术、异源图像匹配、姿态解算、数据融合和后端优化五个方面详细阐述了异源图像匹配辅助惯性导航的飞行器定位的关键技术; 指出了基于深度学习的异源图像匹配与惯性导航两种无源定位组合导航系统融合技术等四个未来可能的发展方向,可为实现异源图像匹配辅助惯性导航飞行器定位技术提供参考。     

论中国维和警察培训与国际接轨的途径

中国维和警察培训要赶超世界先进水平 ,就必须高目标定位 ,高起点切入 ,高质量培训 ,高标准评估 ,高层次交流 ,努力探索中国维和警察培训与国际接轨的有效途径     

线谱激励的混沌隔振研究

一般的线性被动隔振系统因具有频率保持性而不能彻底隔离线谱激励,而对于非线性隔振系统则可能改变系统的频谱结构,特别是处于混沌状态时它的频谱是连续的宽频谱,从而可以从根本上解决线谱激励的隔振问题.为此从理论和实验两个方面对利用非线性隔振系统处于混沌状态下的宽频特征以消除或减弱特征线谱进行了研究.结果表明混沌隔振不仅对线谱有较好的隔离效果,而且整体隔振性能也比较好.     

结合像素局部对比度的直线特征检测算法

鲁棒高效的直线提取算法在空间目标位姿估计、跟踪、骨架重建等领域有广泛的应用。提出基于像素局部对比度和全局虚警抑制的直线段检测算法。算法分为四步:第一步,计算像素点的梯度以及局部对比度;第二步,将方向大致相同的像素点分成直线支撑区域(像素方向为像素梯度方向的顺时针垂直方向),并对支撑区域进行矩形近似;第三步,在直线支撑区域内拟合直线段,计算直线参数;第四步,根据直线支撑区域信息验证直线段,抑制虚警。实验测试结果表明:该算法在复杂条件下,特别是光照影响条件下,具有更好的鲁棒性和效率。     

基于压缩传感的PSO-OMP重构算法的研究

由于粒子群算法具有解决寻优问题的能力,将其应用于信号处理领域,提出了一种新的基于PSO-OMP的信号重构算法。为了降低计算复杂度,把粒子群算法运用在正交匹配追踪算法的匹配过程,以此来确定最优原子。实验结果表明,所提出的新的基于PSO-OMP的信号重构算法具有计算复杂度低和重构成功概率高等特点。     

Noncognitive skills and job match: evidence from military applicants

The study examines the effect of noncognitive skills on early career choices among young job seekers. Specifically, we analyze the influence of personality traits on the decision by military applicants either to choose the military or a civilian career option. We use a unique micro-level data-set of applicants to the US Navy and exploit the fact that many individuals who initially apply for military jobs eventually choose civilian careers instead. In this institutional setting, job candidates use new information to update their beliefs about the military job match. Personality traits are viewed as productive abilities that influence applicants’ expectations about the economic return to the job and occupational training offered by the Navy. The study finds that many of the 15 lower order personality facets associated with the Big Five traits are predictive of applicants’ job choices and provides suggestive evidence of a link between personality traits, job match expectations, and career choice.     

增量元学习IDBD算法在轴频电场信号检测中的应用

为了提高海洋环境电场背景中微弱舰船轴频电场的检测能力,针对传统的最小均方误差算法进行了改进,提出了一种基于增量元学习IDBD算法的自适应线谱增强器。利用所提算法对舰船缩比模型产生的实测轴频电场信号数据进行处理,结果表明该算法在低信噪比的情况下能够有效地将微弱轴频电场信号从宽带背景噪声中分离出来。所提算法相比于普通的自适应线谱算法,在改善信号的信噪比方面效果更加显著,且具有更快的收敛速度和更小的稳态误差,极大提高了舰船轴频电场的检测能力。     

基于Prony算法合闸于故障保护方案

将Prony分析方法应用于断路器合闸于故障保护。利用Matlab软件对断路器合闸于输电线路故障和非故障情况下的暂态过程进行建模和仿真,对合闸后半个周波或1个周波输电线路保护安装处实测的电流数据进行采样,应用Pronv算法对其进行分析,提取出此暂态电流中包含的各次自振荡分量的各个特征量,识别出线路中是否存在故障。仿真证明：该分析方法可在合闸后半个周波或1个周波准确求出合闸操作暂态过程中各次频率的分量,从而正确识别线路的故障。     

如何提高在线学习者的自我调节能力

与传统课堂教学相比,网络教学环境独有的特点对学习者提出了更高的要求:要求学习者不仅要掌握知识、技能,更要学会学习,管理自己的能力,进行有意义、高效的学习,使其努力指向目标并最终实现目标。本文结合师范生公共必修课《现代教育技术》在线网络课程的教学实践,有效跟踪学习者的学习行为活动,分析学习者的学习状态、学习风格,以及对学习行为的自我调节能力,总结摸索出一些培养并提高学习者自我调节能力的指导性策略,希望能对广大网络学习者有一定的借鉴意义。