Quantifying Opportunity Costs in Sequential Transportation Auctions for Truckload Acquisition
Published In
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Subjects
Shipment of goods -- Costs, Business logistics -- Mathematical models, Vehicle routing problem, Freight transportation
Abstract
The principal purpose of this research is to quantify opportunity costs in sequential transportation auctions. The focus of the study is a transportation marketplace with time-sensitive truckload pickup-and-delivery requests. Two carriers compete for service requests; each arriving service request triggers an auction in which carriers compete with each other to win the right of servicing the load. An expression for evaluating opportunity costs is derived. The impact of evaluating opportunity costs is shown to be dependent on the competitive market setting. A simulation framework is used to evaluate different strategies. Some results and the overall simulation framework are also discussed.
DOI
10.3141/1964-27
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20819
Citation Details
Figliozzi, Miguel; Mahmassani, Hani; and Jaillet, Patrick, "Quantifying Opportunity Costs in Sequential Transportation Auctions for Truckload Acquisition" (2006). Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations. 267.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20819
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