Information processing apparatus, information processing method and non-transitory storage medium

Abstract

The present disclosure enables determining a proper operation schedule of vehicles in a traffic system in which a plurality of users rides in a same vehicle. The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus for determining an operation schedule of a vehicle for a plurality of users to share a ride in. A controller in an information processing apparatus executes first processing of acquiring one or more ride requests including a desired boarding time from each of one or more users wishing to board the vehicle at a predetermined boarding spot. The controller executes second processing of grouping the one or more ride requests to create one or more groups and determining an arrival time of the vehicle at the boarding spot for each of the created groups.

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