Improved Opportunity Cost Algorithm for Carrier Selection in Combinatorial Auctions

Transportation costs constitute up to thirty percent of the total costs involved in a supply chain. Outsourcing the transportation service requirements to third party logistics providers have been widely adopted, as they are economically more rational than owning and operating a service. Transportat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Uma Gnanasekaran, Viswanath
Other Authors: Bhaba Sarker
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2004
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-06032004-230342/