@InProceedings{birx_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2019.15, author = {Birx, Alexander and Disser, Yann}, title = {{Tight Analysis of the Smartstart Algorithm for Online Dial-a-Ride on the Line}}, booktitle = {36th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2019)}, pages = {15:1--15:17}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-95977-100-9}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2019}, volume = {126}, editor = {Niedermeier, Rolf and Paul, Christophe}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2019.15}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-102543}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2019.15}, annote = {Keywords: dial-a-ride on the line, elevator problem, online algorithms, competitive analysis, smartstart, competitive ratio} }