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How is that better than just renting out the next one with the fewest rentals? Maybe it's easier to pick at random than to track an order? But then the randomne
by bmm6o 7y ago
How is that better than just renting out the next one with the fewest rentals? Maybe it's easier to pick at random than to track an order? But then the randomness is for ease of implementation and not a fundamental part of your solution.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoI'd guess the scoring was not linear with number of rentals, because wear isn't. E.g. 2 long rentals will generate more wear than 2 short rentals; probably even more than 3, depending on how much wear is caused by shipping & handling. I wonder why not derive the score from human input? I assume someone is handling returns; that someone could be trained to eyeball the condition of the item and input that into a database.
- unnouinceput 7y agoNo human to oversee this, was the goal. The only human was cleaning lady that was cleaning them at the closing time, and she definitely was not trained to do anything else, hence everything algorithm driven. When something was broken a technician was send to repair, or replace, but no person to stay onsite.