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Models for Iterative Multiattribute Procurement Auctions
Parkes, David C.; Kalagnanam, Jayant - In: Management Science 51 (2005) 3, pp. 435-451
Multiattribute auctions extend traditional auction settings to allow negotiation over nonprice attributes such as weight, color, and terms of delivery, in addition to price and promise to improve market efficiency in markets with configurable goods. This paper provides an iterative auction...
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A Lagrangian approach to the winner determination problem in iterative combinatorial reverse auctions
Mansouri, Bahareh; Hassini, Elkafi - In: European Journal of Operational Research 244 (2015) 2, pp. 565-575
Combinatorial auctions allow allocation of bundles of items to the bidders who value them the most. The NP-hardness of the winner determination problem (WDP) has imposed serious computational challenges when designing efficient solution algorithms. This paper analytically studies the Lagrangian...
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The strategy structure of some coalition formation games
Demange, Gabrielle - HAL - 2006
In coalitional games with side payments, the core predicts which coalitions form and how benefits are shared. The predictions however run into difficulties if the core is empty or if some coalitions benefit from not blocking truthfully. These difficulties are analyzed in games in which an a...
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Understanding and Applying Guaranteed Maximum Price Contracts in Western Australia
Davis, Peter; Stevenson, D. - 2004
application to building procurement in Perth, Western Australia. The objectives were to determine the definition of Guaranteed … over other methods of procurement that included price certainty for the client, a team approach to project delivery and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434898
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Understanding and Applying Guaranteed Maximum Price Contracts in Western Australia
Davis, Peter; Stevenson, D. - 2004
application to building procurement in Perth, Western Australia. The objectives were to determine the definition of Guaranteed … methods of procurement that included price certainty for the client, a team approach to project delivery and faster completion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434992
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Relationship marketing: Its potential to enhance public-private sector initiatives
Faculty of Built Environment, Art and Design
financial interest in procurement of their projects [1]. Reasons for this are cited as: allocation of risk, guaranteed maximum …
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Programmatic risk reduction for large software procurements
Preckshot, G.; Jones, E.; Lawrence, D. - 2009
When making an important decision, program managers must evaluate the risk of each alternative and weigh the trade-offs between one type of risk and another. Program managers are familiar with the concepts of risk analysis and assessment in such areas as human factors, security, and accident...
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Office of Inspector General report on followup audit on the procurement of support services for the Energy Information Administration
2008
This audit was performed to follow up on actions taken in response to the July 1990 report on ``Procurement of Support … making the work suitable for fixed-price contracting. The report made recommendations to the Head of Procurement and the … Administrator, EIA. These recommendations were to comply with procurement regulations by identifying recurring tasks that were …
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A framework for industrial systems modeling and simulation
Macfarlane, J.; Nachnani, S.; Tsai, L.H.; Kaae, P.; … - 2009
To successfully compete in a global market, manufacturing production systems are being forced to reduce time to market and to provide improved responsiveness to changes in market conditions. The organizations that comprise the business links in the production system must constantly make...
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Uranium purchases report 1993
2008
Data reported by domestic nuclear utility companies in their responses to the 1991 through 1993 ``Uranium Industry Annual Survey,`` Form EIA-858, Schedule B,`` Uranium Marketing Activities,`` are provided in response to the requirements in the Energy Policy Act 1992. Appendix A contains an...
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