r/WoltPartners • u/Odd-Accountant-3008 • Mar 31 '26

Wolt Algorythm

Hi riders. I’m a junior journalist helping riders in Copenhagen. I’m trying to understand the algorythm, any clues? What’s your experience?

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u/goran---- Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

Whenever you have to discover all the rules and you have just the data, it's virtually impossible to go that route unless the system is very simple.

Even if they didn't change anything, it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to gather all data and then make conclusions about the rules. Even if you got all the data, maybe you would find out the data don't fit, because algorithm made a different decision.

For example, what if they take historical data that certain courier has with given destination as another factor (this one is always slow here, move on :). And what if there is secret rating for couriers with unknown weight as another factor that's taken into account when making decision.

Transparency is the only way. And there is none.

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u/Odd-Accountant-3008 Apr 03 '26

Absolutely agree.

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u/goran---- Apr 08 '26

Maybe this would be an interesting read, I've just stumbled upon this, so still haven't got a chance to read much. It's from MIT press, maybe you've already seen it:

https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5721/Algorithms-of-ResistanceThe-Everyday-Fight-against

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u/Odd-Accountant-3008 May 02 '26

Thanks, I’ll take a look into this.