合并运输是随机需求环境下零担运输承运人广泛使用的一种运输策略.本文研究了在合并运输策略下承运人之间的运输合作.分别讨论了基于时间的合并运输策略和基于数量的合并运输策略下承运人运输合作的费用分配问题,建立了相应的合作博弈模型,设计了属于核心中的费用分配方案.并进一步探讨了合并运输策略的选择.研究结果表明时间策略下的运输合作比数量策略下的运输合作客户服务水平要高,但是时间策略下运输合作的期望总成本也要高.合作不仅能够降低承运人的成本,提高资源的利用率,还能提高客户服务水平.
Shipment consolidation is widely applied by less-than-truckload carriers in stochastic demand environment. This paper studies collaboration among less-than-truckload carriers with stochastic demand under shipment consolidation policies,including time policy and quantity policy. Cost allocation problem of collaboration among less-than-truckload carriers is discussed under time policy and quantity policy,respectively. Cooperative game theory is applied to deriving cost allocations in the core. Furthermore,the choice of different shipment consolidation policies is discussed. The results show that customer service level is higher under time policy than that under quantity policy,while the total expected cost is less under quantity policy than that under time policy. It is also shown that collaboration among carriers not only reduces the cost of each carrier,but also enhances customer service level.