This paper introduces a bi-objective winner determination problem which arises in the procurement oftransportation contracts via combinatorial auctions. The problem is modelled as an extension to the setcovering problem and considers the minimisation of the total procurement costs and the...

Customers are making increasing demands on the flexibility and the promptness of transportation services. In order to meet these requirements, planning methods are needed which are able to intelligently react on dynamically revealed information. Algorithms for dispatching transportation requests...