Surge Pricing Algorithm & Spatial Indexing Architecture
Answer-first: Explore the architecture of a real-time Surge Pricing algorithm. Discover how Uber utilizes the H3 spatial index, Kafka, and Flink to calculate dynamic pricing. Why is it that every time it rains, ride-hailing fares double, or even triple? It’s not a human operator manually adjusting the prices behind a desk. Rather, it’s the result of an incredibly sophisticated Stream Processing engine running in the background executing the surge pricing algorithm. ...