Carrier Assignment Models in Transportation Procurement

• Main Authors: GUO, Yunsong, LIM, Andrew, RODRIGUES, Brian, ZHU, Yejun
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Bid; Metaheuristics; Procurement; Transportation; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/560; https://www.jstor.org/stable/4622647
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper extends carrier assignment models used in winner determination auctions for transportation procurement to include shipper non-price objectives and carrier transit point costs. The models are unlike traditional carrier assignment models which incorporate only carrier lane bids, and differe...