Algorithm · Waymo · Medium
In July 2024, Waymo experimented in San Francisco with a new routing algorithm meant to shorten time to pickup (TTP). Riders were split between a control group and a treatment group, and you need to measure whether TTP differs between them. Two Pandas DataFrames are provided: df_users(user_id, variant): the experiment assignment for each user, where variant holds a label such as control or treatment. df_rides(ride_id, user_id, ride_date, city, time_to_pickup): one row per…