Solutions to the request reassignment problem in collaborative carrier networks

Susanne Berger and Christian Bierwirth

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2010, vol. 46, issue 5, 627-638

Abstract: The paper considers an arrangement for exchanging transportation requests to facilitate collaboration among independent carriers. The goal is to maximize the total profit without decreasing the individual profit of the carriers. Two solution approaches are developed for this problem involving decentralized control and auction based exchange mechanisms. The results are compared with those obtained without collaboration and by a centralized control. They indicate that horizontal collaboration pays off even in highly competitive environments.

Keywords: Collaborative; planning; Electronic; exchange; platform; Auction; mechanism; Travelling; salesman; problem; with; precedence; constraints (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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