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.
Links:
[1] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/individual/dave-jonge
[2] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/individual/carles-sierra
[3] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/keyword/Negotiation
[4] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/keyword/Search
[5] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/keyword/NB3
[6] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/keyword/Logistics
[7] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/export/tagged/4725
[8] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/export/xml/4725
[9] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/export/bib/4725
[10] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/project/ace