@InProceedings{birx_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2019.21, author = {Birx, Alexander and Disser, Yann and Schewior, Kevin}, title = {{Improved Bounds for Open Online Dial-a-Ride on the Line}}, booktitle = {Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2019)}, pages = {21:1--21:22}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-95977-125-2}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2019}, volume = {145}, editor = {Achlioptas, Dimitris and V\'{e}gh, L\'{a}szl\'{o} A.}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2019.21}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-112367}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX-RANDOM.2019.21}, annote = {Keywords: dial-a-ride on the line, elevator problem, online algorithms, competitive analysis, smartstart, competitive ratio} }