Optimized Shapley value cost allocation model for carriers’ collaboration in road haulage transportation
Harrison Obiora Amuji,
Donatus Eberechukwu Onwuegbuchunam,
Innocent Chuka Ogwude
et al.
Abstract:Transportation carriers can achieve significant profit or cost savings if they collaborate rather than engage in wasteful competition among themselves. However, the challenge in cooperative game theory is finding the optimal cost allocation methods to support pecuniary expectations of coalition members. In this paper, we determine cost allocation model that supports horizontal collaboration among transportation carriers involved in downstream distribution of packaged cement from shipper’s processing plant to c… Show more
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