A game theoretical analysis of metro-integrated city logistics systems
The spare capacity of metro systems during non-peak hours can be utilized to transport parcels or freight, i.e., metro-integrated logistics systems (MILS). Existing studies regarding MILS mainly focused on operational level issues, e.g., parcel distribution problem and service scheduling problem. Little has been done to understand the strategic interactions between metro and logistics operators in the context of MILS and the resulting system-wide impacts. This study conducts a game theoretical analysis of MILS, where a metro company and a logistics company may work either independently or jointly (non-cooperative or cooperative games). In particular, the logistic company decides the number of parcels assigned to MILS, and the metro company controls the price of the MILS service. The authors examine the decisions of the metro company and the logistics company under different market power regimes, and quantify the system performance. Numerical studies are conducted to illustrate the analytical observations and provide further understanding. The authors' results show that introducing MILS has the potential to generate Pareto-improving outcomes for the metro company and the logistics company.
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- © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Ma, Mingyou
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0000-0002-6103-5376
- Zhang, Fangni
- Liu, Wei
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0000-0001-8638-3695
- Dixit, Vinayak
- Publication Date: 2022-2
Language
- English
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- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 14-27
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
- Volume: 156
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0191-2615
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01912615
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cities; Cooperation; Freight transportation; Game theory; Intermodal transportation; Rapid transit; Third party logistics providers
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
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- Accession Number: 01834913
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 31 2022 9:43AM