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Automated Negotiation for Package Delivery

Publication Type:

Conference Paper

Authors:

Dave de Jonge; Carles Sierra

Source:

Workshop on Technologies for the Organisation, Adaptation and Simulation of Transportation Systems (TOASTS@SASO), Lyon, France (2012)

Keywords:

Negotiation; Search; NB3; Logistics

Abstract:

Package delivery companies compete with each other and have costumers spread over wide areas. We propose a negotiation algorithm that allows companies and individual postmen to negotiate over who delivers what package. This way, package delivery can be made more efficient, yielding a higher profit and/or lower costs for all parties. Our system does not force competing companies to co-operate, but proposes solutions that allow all parties to increase their individual profit.

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