Bike Sharing Systems (BSS) represent a sustainable and efficient urban transportation solution. A major challenge in BSS is repositioning bikes to avoid shortage events when users encounter empty or full bike lockers. Existing algorithms unrealistically rely on precise demand forecasts and tend to overlook substantial operational costs associated with reallocations. This paper introduces a novel Cost-aware Adaptive Bike Repositioning Agent (CABRA), which harnesses advanced deep reinforcement learning techniques in dock-based BSS. By analyzing demand patterns, CABRA learns adaptive repositioning strategies aimed at reducing shortages and enhancing truck route planning efficiency, significantly lowering operational costs. We perform an extensive experimental evaluation of CABRA utilizing real-world data from Dublin, London, Paris, and New York. The reported results show that CABRA achieves operational efficiency that outperforms or matches very challenging baselines, obtaining a significant cost reduction. Its performance on the largest city comprising 1765 docking stations highlights the efficiency and scalability of the proposed solution even when applied to BSS with a great number of docking stations.


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    Title :

    A Cost-Aware Adaptive Bike Repositioning Agent Using Deep Reinforcement Learning




    Publication date :

    2025-04-01


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    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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