Contextual Budget Bandit for Food Rescue
A new paper is out: Contextual Budget Bandit for Food Rescue. The picture shows volunteers and donation regions in real food rescue database. Region color indicates the richness of volun teer resource. Connected lines indicates how volunteers and real-time donation tasks are matched by food-rescue platforms. Abstract Volunteer-based food rescue platforms tackle food waste by matching surplus food to communities in need. These platforms face the dual problem of maintaining volunteer engagement and maximizing the food rescued....