Market Equity for Car-sharing Applications using Homomorphic Encryption and Opportunistic Networking
Miguel Carpio, Sergi Robles, Adrian Sanchez, Carlos Borrego · 2021
This paper proposes a protocol to ensure market equity in car-sharing applications where fares result fair and just, and actors cannot influence prices to their benefit. To achieve our proposal, we use homomorphic encryption to hide prices and opportunistic networking to avoid any central element that could alter the market. Both technologies are combined in a twoway communication protocol achieving fair price setting for both drivers and passengers. Results show that the proposal is feasible and mitigate price alteration attempts.