tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post1443715686966886024..comments2024-03-14T09:08:19.035-04:00Comments on OR in an OB World: OR and ... Parking??Paul A. Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-31703301534139572572011-01-14T17:46:56.531-05:002011-01-14T17:46:56.531-05:00@Barry: Thanks! I've used your strategy on o...@Barry: Thanks! I've used your strategy on occasion at work (substituting MP3 player for reading material at times), but in a shopping mall this tends to draw other people who will adopt an orbital approach, figuring that when someone pulls out they'll have momentum on their side (if they time the orbit correctly) and hit the spot before you do.Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-90896363834236193432011-01-14T16:39:31.320-05:002011-01-14T16:39:31.320-05:00I think deserve to win the best blog contest this ...I think deserve to win the best blog contest this season! It was the perfect combination of humor and OR. But, of course, you did leave off the other "best" strategy that I have employed in large campus parking lots for decades. Just pick a close up spot, put the car in "Park",turn on the flashers, pull out a paper/journal to read, and wait till you see someone in your row pulling out.Barry Renderhttp://www.heizerrenderom.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-86061774248218946282011-01-07T13:13:36.624-05:002011-01-07T13:13:36.624-05:00@Renato: Thanks for the references. Sadly, my abi...@Renato: Thanks for the references. Sadly, my ability to read Italian is barely enough to get me fed in an Italian restaurant, but perhaps some multilingual readers of this page will be interested in following up on your suggestions.Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-4978898203289820392011-01-07T12:07:27.983-05:002011-01-07T12:07:27.983-05:00I would like to point to the following book (in It...I would like to point to the following book (in Italian)<br />L'algoritmo del parcheggio<br />by Furio Honsell <br />L'algoritmo del parcheggio<br />di Honsell Furio<br /><br />Some notes are also available at Prof. Paolo Serafini webpage<br />http://users.dimi.uniud.it/~paolo.serafini/DISPENSE.htmlRenato De Leonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337083786713801876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-41764635188345961162011-01-07T11:49:50.447-05:002011-01-07T11:49:50.447-05:00I would like to pint you to the book (in Italian)
...I would like to pint you to the book (in Italian)<br /><br />L'algoritmo del parcheggio<br />by Furio Honsell <br />http://www.unilibro.it/find_buy/Scheda/libreria/autore-honsell_furio/sku-12372038/l_algoritmo_del_parcheggio_.htm<br /><br />Some notes on this subject are also available at the Prof. paolo Serafini website <br />http://users.dimi.uniud.it/~paolo.serafini/Markov.pdfRenato De Leonehttp://renatodeleone.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-33365384384815171652010-12-17T17:16:50.050-05:002010-12-17T17:16:50.050-05:00@Laura: Thanks for the comment, and in particular...@Laura: Thanks for the comment, and in particular thanks for the citation. I'm thrilled to OR being applied to one of the critical problems we face today. ;-)Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781383461061929571.post-2248730487712277342010-12-16T20:26:03.367-05:002010-12-16T20:26:03.367-05:00Great post!
There is a Transportation Science ar...Great post! <br /><br />There is a Transportation Science article about parking algorithms:<br /><br />TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE<br />Vol. 32, No. 1, February 1998, pp. 30-42<br />A Probabilistic Approach to Evaluate Strategies for Selecting a Parking Space<br />C. Richard Cassady, John E. KobzaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com