Analysis of the Partner Selection Problem in Horizontal Collaboration Among Shippers

摘要

Besides network design and defining objectives, successful horizontal collaboration among shippers requires another important strategic decision: identifying compatible partners. To focus on the problem of coalition formation, we exploit a bi-objective mathematical model for a two echelon location routing problem (2E-LRP) to test if partners fit for the collaboration or not and if opportunity for each partner to make economic and environmental benefits exists. Extended known instances reflecting the real distribution in urban area are regenerated to evaluate several goods' delivery strategies. Shapley value method, belonging to the field of cooperative game theory, is used to allocate cost and CO2 emissions to partners of the coalition. This approach proposes a coalition formation mechanism allowing the decision makers to measure the sustainability performance of partners during the design phase of the coalition.