Automated Negotiation for Package Delivery

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. Source URL: https://www.iiia.csic.es/en/node/54570 Links [1] https://www.iiia.csic.es/en/staff/dave-de-jonge [2] https://www.iiia.csic.es/en/staff/carles-sierra [3] https://www.iiia.csic.es/en/bibliography?f[keyword]=599 [4] https://www.iiia.csic.es/en/bibliography?f[keyword]=598 [5] https://www.iiia.csic.es/en/bibliography?f[keyword]=481 [6] https://www.iiia.csic.es/en/bibliography?f[keyword]=525