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Re:America is stuck at home, but food-delivery companies sti... by mewpmewp2 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @04:18PM (#23171335)
Wouldn't that imply an algorithm weakness in this case? It seems like the wider the network and the more driver's you have the more optimal routes can be given algorithms good enough.
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Re:America is stuck at home, but food-delivery companies sti... by Retric on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:19PM (#23174049)
Pickup and delivery is not simply instantaneous events at the end of a route. For example, you need different processes for in house drivers vs 3rd party drivers. Many pizza places benefit from gathering orders into insulated containers for delivery which drivers then pickup an return.

On the other hand someone showing up at potentially hundreds of restaurants is hardly going to know each of their systems very well or be recognized on sight.

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