Horizontal cooperation among freight carriers: Request allocation and profit sharing

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1483-1491

  Krajewska, M A ^a   Kopfer, H ^a   Laporte, G ^b   Ropke, S ^b   Zaccour, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coalition; Game theory; Horizontal cooperation; Independent freight carrier; Pickup and delivery problem; Profit sharing; Shapley value

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COST REDUCTION; PICKUPS; PROFITABILITY; WAGES;

COALITION; FREIGHT CARRIER; HORIZONTAL COOPERATIONS; PICKUP AND DELIVERY PROBLEMS; PROFIT SHARING; SHAPLEY VALUE;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 53349119171     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602489     Document Type: Article

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