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In this work, we investigate transit time in transportation service procurement, which is conducted by shippers using auctions to purchase transportation service from carriers in the planning stage. Besides cost, we find that many shippers are most concerned with transit time in practice; shorter transit time indicates better transportation service. To minimize both the total cost and transit time,...
The two-dimensional vector packing problem with piecewise linear cost function (2DVPP-PLC) is a practical problem faced by a manufacturer of children׳s apparel that ships products using courier service. The manufacturer must ship a number of items using standard-sized cartons, where the cost of a carton quoted by the courier is determined by a piecewise linear function of its weight. The cost function...
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