A multi-agent platform for auction-based allocation of loads in transportation logistics.
Valentin RobuHan NootHan La PoutréWillem-Jan van SchijndelPublished in: Expert Syst. Appl. (2011)
Keyphrases
- e government
- multi agent platform
- operational decisions
- combinatorial auctions
- budget constraints
- auction mechanisms
- distribution network
- multi agent systems
- logistics distribution
- distribution centers
- supply chain
- multi unit
- multi agent
- load balancing
- agent technology
- transportation problem
- quasi linear
- container terminal
- dynamic response
- transportation systems
- resource allocation
- response time
- mechanism design
- decision making
- vehicle routing
- electronic commerce
- information revelation
- auction protocol
- strategy proof
- transportation networks
- sealed bid
- approximation algorithms
- online auctions
- supply chain management
- bidding strategies
- social welfare
- distribution networks
- software agents
- group buying
- data management
- special case
- database systems
- machine learning
- optimal allocation