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cs.GT2026
A Stochastic Growth Model for Online Platforms
Farbod Ekbatani, René Caldentey
We investigate the growth trajectory of online platforms operating as market makers in two-sided matching markets. Their expansion, often referred to as the ``chicken-and-egg dilem…
cs.GT2026
Dynamic Run-Out Pricing for Perishable Goods
Farbod Ekbatani
I study a dynamic pricing problem in which a seller with limited inventory must sequentially price a perishable product for arriving customers with heterogeneous valuations. The ke…
cs.GT2026
Non-Exclusive Notifications for Ride-Hailing at Lyft II: Simulations and Marketplace Analysis
Farbod Ekbatani, Rad Niazadeh, Mehdi Golari +10
Ride-hailing platforms increasingly face uncertain driver acceptance, which makes traditional one-to-one \emph{exclusive dispatch} (ED) less efficient: rejections and timeouts forc…