FAST SYNERGY APPROXIMATION IN TRANSPORTATION PROCUREMENT WITH COMBINATORIAL AUCTIONS

KESKİN M. E., Triki C., Elomri A.

RAIRO - Operations Research, cilt.57, sa.2, ss.677-695, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 57 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1051/ro/2023022
  • Dergi Adı: RAIRO - Operations Research
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.677-695
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: combinatorial auctions, synergy approximation, Transportation networks
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study we develop a decision support tool to help carriers in defining their bids when participating in transportation combinatorial auctions. In this way, they can avoid many of their empty movements and ensure additional business through the spot market. We propose three algorithms that quantify the synergy as a key concept to measure the complementarity between the carrier’s existing network and the contracts to be included in the bundles to be submitted as bids. The algorithms are validated on a real-life application and our results emphasized their superiority compared to previous studies.