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Design experiments for marketplace balance

System Design · Lyft · Hard

Suppose you work on a two-sided marketplace where riders request trips and independent drivers fulfill those requests. The team wants to test a change in how suppliers are ranked and prioritized for each incoming request. The intended effect is to increase the share of requests that turn into completed orders. Interactions between riders and drivers can create spillovers, because supply in one area is shared and demand in one area can influence nearby areas. Design an…

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