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An event-based model and hybrid genetic search algorithm for an inland multi-size container transportation problem 内陆多尺寸集装箱运输问题的事件模型和混合遗传搜索算法
IF 8.8 1区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2026-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2025.104639
Meiyan Chi , Xiaoning Zhu , Baicheng Yan , Kris Braekers
This paper addresses a complex multi-size Container Drayage Problem (CDP) in the hinterland of a seaport, where a fleet of identical trucks is used to transport containers between customer locations, a container terminal, and a depot, and in which the repositioning of empty containers is also considered. Each truck can carry either one 40-ft container or two 20-ft containers simultaneously. The main target of the CDP is to determine the trucking schedule that satisfies all transport demands while minimizing the total cost. The problem is described using an event-based graph that considers capacity, pairing, precedence, and time-window constraints implicitly, based on which a compact Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model is proposed. To reduce the model scale and enhance computational efficiency, we introduce tailored model enhancement methods to eliminate infeasible event nodes and arcs based on time window feasibility checks. The results of numerical experiments prove that the event-based model can solve small-scale instances effectively. For large-scale instances, we develop a Hybrid Genetic Search (HGS) algorithm that incorporates a Dynamic Programming (DP)-optimized enumeration method to handle multi-size container loading schemes and time-window constraints effeciently. Extensive computational experiments show that our proposed algorithm significantly outperforms the commercial solver CPLEX on large-scale instances, demonstrating its scalability for real-world applications.
本文解决了海港腹地复杂的多尺寸集装箱拖运问题(CDP),其中使用相同的卡车车队在客户位置,集装箱码头和仓库之间运输集装箱,并且还考虑了空集装箱的重新定位。每辆卡车可以同时装载一个40英尺的集装箱或两个20英尺的集装箱。CDP的主要目标是确定满足所有运输需求的卡车运输时间表,同时将总成本降至最低。利用隐式考虑容量、配对、优先级和时间窗约束的事件图来描述问题,在此基础上提出了紧凑的混合整数线性规划(MILP)模型。为了减小模型规模,提高计算效率,我们引入了基于时间窗可行性检查的模型增强方法,以消除不可行的事件节点和弧线。数值实验结果表明,基于事件的模型可以有效地求解小尺度实例。对于大规模实例,我们开发了一种混合遗传搜索(HGS)算法,该算法结合了动态规划(DP)优化的枚举方法来有效地处理多尺寸集装箱装载方案和时间窗约束。大量的计算实验表明,我们提出的算法在大规模实例上显著优于商业求解器CPLEX,证明了其在实际应用中的可扩展性。
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A multi-channel retail store location model considering customer retry purchasing patterns 考虑顾客重试购买模式的多渠道零售商店选址模型
IF 8.8 1区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2026-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2026.104674
Lifen Yun , Runfeng Yu , Hongqiang Fan , Yuanjie Tang , Xun Weng
The rapid growth of e-commerce has driven retailers to establish multiple retail channels to enhance service quality for their customers. Despite retailers’ efforts to serve customers, services may not always be available due to various reasons. In such cases, customers often retry their purchases through their preferred channel. This behavior, along with the complexities of multi-channel retailing, complicates both the structure and costs of last-mile network design. To optimize store locations and costs, this paper proposes a mixed-integer programming (MIP) model for tactical store location planning, considering customer retry purchasing patterns and three channels: ship from store (SFS), buy online and pick up in store (BOPS), and offline shopping (OS). Given that the problem is NP-hard in the strong sense, we develop an iterative two-phase Lagrangian relaxation and granular tabu search heuristic (LR-GTS) to tackle large-scale instances. In each iteration, the LR operator decomposes the model and produces high-quality location schemes, while the GTS operator improves the vehicle routing in the SFS channel. Numerical results demonstrate that our heuristic exhibits strong performance in solving large-scale problems involving 600 customers. Additionally, we apply our model to real-world cases, offering valuable managerial insights derived from the sensitivity analysis results.
电子商务的快速发展促使零售商建立多种零售渠道,以提高对客户的服务质量。尽管零售商努力为顾客服务,但由于各种原因,服务可能并不总是可用的。在这种情况下,顾客通常会通过他们喜欢的渠道重新购买。这种行为,加上多渠道零售的复杂性,使最后一英里网络设计的结构和成本都变得复杂。为了优化商店位置和成本,本文提出了一种混合整数规划(MIP)模型,用于战术商店位置规划,考虑了客户重试购买模式和三个渠道:从商店发货(SFS),在线购买和在商店取货(BOPS)和离线购物(OS)。考虑到该问题在强意义上是np困难的,我们开发了一种迭代的两阶段拉格朗日松弛和颗粒禁忌搜索启发式(LR-GTS)来处理大规模实例。在每次迭代中,LR算子分解模型并生成高质量的定位方案,而GTS算子则改进SFS通道中的车辆路线。数值结果表明,我们的启发式算法在解决涉及600个客户的大规模问题时表现出很强的性能。此外,我们将我们的模型应用于实际案例,从敏感性分析结果中提供有价值的管理见解。
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How does supply chain finance impact supply chain resilience − based on three levels of supply and demand decision making 供应链金融如何影响供应链弹性-基于三个层次的供需决策
IF 8.8 1区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2026-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2026.104686
Limeng Chai , Longyu Zong , Kee-hung Lai
Enhancing supply chain resilience has emerged as a key focus for industries worldwide. Based on the theory of resource orchestration, this paper uses annual reports of Chinese companies to analyze how supply chain finance improves supply chain resilience in three dimensions, including matching supply and demand, fostering supply–demand relationships, and ensuring supply quality. The results indicate that supply chain finance contributes positively to improving resilience across these dimensions. Furthermore, the moderating analysis examines the positive moderating effects of artificial intelligence, merchant guild culture and the level of vertical integration on supply chain finance and supply chain resilience. Finally, this paper also explores the threshold effect of company risk-taking and the heterogeneity of industry characteristics. The results show that company risk-taking level has a certain threshold impact, and the supply chain finance in the manufacturing industry has a more significant effect on enhancing supply chain resilience, which emphasizes that companies should attach importance to aspects such as technology, risk management and cultural maintenance, when they carry out supply chain finance business. This research provides a new perspective for optimizing supply chain resilience.
增强供应链弹性已成为全球各行业关注的焦点。本文以资源编排理论为基础,以中国企业年报为样本,从供需匹配、供需关系培育、供给质量保障三个维度分析供应链金融如何提高供应链弹性。结果表明,供应链金融对提高这些维度的弹性有积极的贡献。此外,调节分析还考察了人工智能、商会文化和垂直整合水平对供应链金融和供应链弹性的正向调节作用。最后,本文还探讨了公司风险承担的门槛效应和行业特征的异质性。研究结果表明,企业风险承担水平具有一定的阈值影响,制造业供应链金融对提升供应链弹性的作用更为显著,这强调了企业在开展供应链金融业务时应重视技术、风险管理和文化维护等方面。本研究为供应链弹性优化提供了一个新的视角。
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Two-stage virtual coupling high-speed railway train operation control method considering train operation curve optimization 考虑列车运行曲线优化的两段虚拟耦合高速铁路列车运行控制方法
IF 8.8 1区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2026-01-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2026.104687
Wencheng Huang , Baiquan Tai
In order to maintain the train tracking accuracy of the virtual coupled train formation (VCTF) while reducing energy consumption during operation, in this paper, we propose a two-stage virtual coupling high-speed train operation control method that considers optimizing the train operation curve. Based on train dynamics, we take minimizing energy consumption and operation time deviation as the main objectives for the train operation curve optimization in Stage I, establish a dynamic programming model with time discretization, and design an algorithm to satisfy the requirements of precise parking and on-time operation of the train, in which a variable time step solving algorithm is considered to improve the solving efficiency. The optimal energy-saving train operation curve obtained in Stage I is used as the expected operation curve of the leader train in the VCTF. In Stage II, we adopt the Distributed Model Predictive Control (DMPC) to establish the virtual coupling high-speed railway train operation control model. With the goal of minimizing the position error and speed error of the VCTF, and the train safety interval, train speed, train control performance and passenger comfort constraints, the designed DMPC ensures the stability and safety of the operation of VCTF. Finally, simulation analysis is conducted on three different scenarios, the research results show that the methodology proposed in this paper can effectively reduce the energy consumption of trains during operation while improving the tracking accuracy of trains in VCTF. In terms of energy saving, the proposed method is superior to previous heuristic algorithms and reinforcement learning methods, with improvements of 16.12 % and 2.52 %, respectively. In terms of tracking accuracy, the peak distance and speed errors of the VC trains do not exceed 2 m and 0.24 m/s. In terms of solving efficiency, the variable time step dynamic programming method can improve the solving speed by nearly 30 % while ensuring the solving accuracy. Moreover, the energy consumption of Train 0 and Train 1 increased by 1.7 % and 0.66 % respectively compared to the expected operation curve. Simulation results with different expected intervals show that setting an appropriate expected tracking interval in actual operation requires a balance between train operation safety and energy efficiency.
为了保持虚拟耦合列车编队(VCTF)的列车跟踪精度,同时降低运行过程中的能耗,本文提出了一种考虑优化列车运行曲线的两阶段虚拟耦合高速列车运行控制方法。基于列车动力学,以最小化能耗和运行时间偏差为第一阶段列车运行曲线优化的主要目标,建立了时间离散化的动态规划模型,设计了满足列车精确停车和准点运行要求的算法,其中考虑了变时间步长求解算法,提高了求解效率。将第一阶段得到的最优列车节能运行曲线作为VCTF中领头列车的期望运行曲线。第二阶段,采用分布式模型预测控制(DMPC)建立虚拟耦合高速铁路列车运行控制模型。设计的DMPC以VCTF的位置误差和速度误差最小为目标,同时考虑列车安全间隔、列车速度、列车控制性能和乘客舒适度约束,保证VCTF运行的稳定性和安全性。最后,对三种不同的场景进行了仿真分析,研究结果表明,本文提出的方法可以有效降低列车运行时的能耗,同时提高列车在VCTF中的跟踪精度。在节能方面,该方法优于以往的启发式算法和强化学习方法,分别提高了16.12%和2.52%。在跟踪精度方面,VC列车的峰值距离误差不超过2 m,速度误差不超过0.24 m/s。在求解效率方面,变时间步长动态规划法在保证求解精度的同时,求解速度提高了近30%。与预期运行曲线相比,0号列车和1号列车的能耗分别提高了1.7%和0.66%。不同期望区间的仿真结果表明,在实际运行中设置合适的期望跟踪区间需要在列车运行安全和节能之间取得平衡。
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ISAC-empowered deep reinforcement learning scheme for eVTOL approach trajectory optimization with radar point cloud 基于isac的雷达点云eVTOL进近轨迹优化深度强化学习方案
IF 8.8 1区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2026-01-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2026.104681
Leyan Chen , Yuhao Wang , Shulu Chen , Yong Sun , Kai Wang
Urban air mobility (UAM) has emerged as a promising solution to alleviate ground traffic congestion by enabling the use of low-altitude airspace for passenger and cargo transportation. Among UAM, electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are expected to play a central role in future urban transport systems due to their flexibility, zero-emission operation, and compatibility with existing infrastructure. However, ensuring the safe and efficient operation of eVTOLs during the approach and landing phase remains a major challenge, especially in urban environments where intelligent unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) simultaneously perform logistics and monitoring tasks at low altitudes. Reliable sensing and communication are therefore essential to guarantee operational safety, connectivity, and energy efficiency. To address these challenges, this paper proposes an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework for eVTOL approach trajectory optimization. The framework integrates radar point cloud (RPC) sensing with the three-dimensional radio knowledge map (RKM) to enhance environmental awareness and communication reliability in dense urban airspace. Based on this framework, a fusion deep point reinforcement learning (FDPRL) algorithm is developed to optimize eVTOL trajectories under age-of-information and energy constraints jointly. It includes the RPC feature extraction module for UAV sensing, the RKM feature extraction module for communication enhancement, and a decision-making module for trajectory control. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed FDPRL achieves challenge performance, outperforming all the benchmarks, enabling the eVTOL to adaptively adjust its approach trajectory to avoid UAVs while maintaining efficient communication, thus achieving superior total communication capacity and maximum residual energy.
城市空中交通(UAM)已经成为缓解地面交通拥堵的一种有前途的解决方案,它允许使用低空空域进行客运和货运。在UAM中,电动垂直起降(eVTOL)飞机由于其灵活性、零排放运行以及与现有基础设施的兼容性,预计将在未来的城市交通系统中发挥核心作用。然而,确保eVTOLs在进近和着陆阶段的安全和高效运行仍然是一个主要挑战,特别是在城市环境中,智能无人机(uav)同时在低空执行后勤和监控任务。因此,可靠的传感和通信对于保证运行安全性、连接性和能源效率至关重要。为了解决这些问题,本文提出了一种用于eVTOL进近轨迹优化的集成传感和通信(ISAC)框架。该框架将雷达点云(RPC)传感与三维无线电知识地图(RKM)相结合,以增强密集城市空域的环境意识和通信可靠性。基于该框架,提出了一种融合深度点强化学习(FDPRL)算法,用于信息时代和能量约束下的eVTOL轨迹优化。它包括用于无人机感知的RPC特征提取模块、用于通信增强的RKM特征提取模块和用于轨迹控制的决策模块。仿真结果表明,所提出的FDPRL实现了挑战性能,优于所有基准测试,使eVTOL能够自适应调整其接近轨迹以避开无人机,同时保持高效通信,从而获得优越的总通信容量和最大剩余能量。
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What if rebalancing fleets could adapt? A two-stage stochastic model for dynamic bike redistribution 如果重新平衡的船队能够适应呢?自行车动态再分配的两阶段随机模型
IF 8.8 1区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2026-01-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2025.104640
Mohammadreza Eslamipirharati , Maryam Motamedi , John Doucette , Nooshin Salari
Bike-sharing systems are an important mode of transportation, enabling individuals to rent bikes for short trips and return them to any station throughout the city. However, the dynamic nature of user arrivals at each station leads to imbalances between bike supply and demand, resulting in unsatisfied users. An essential challenge lies in efficiently deploying and scheduling rebalancing vehicles for bike redistribution, as these decisions have a considerable effect on the efficiency of the system. To tackle this challenge, we propose a dynamic rebalancing model that integrates tactical and operational decisions within a single optimization framework. Unlike approaches that treat these decisions separately, our model captures the interaction between the two: in the first stage, it determines how many vehicles should be deployed over the planning horizon (tactical decision), and in the second stage, it assigns stations to dynamic rebalancing groups and allocates vehicles to these groups in response to demand realizations (operational decisions). To address the computational challenge, we propose two approaches: an Improved Integer L-shaped decomposition algorithm and a heuristic that combines machine learning with an early stopping criterion to estimate the second-stage cost function. Moreover, we generate forecasts of rental and return demand and incorporate them into the optimization model to enhance decision-making under demand uncertainty. Our numerical results show that the proposed heuristic is highly effective in minimizing the unsatisfied demand while reducing the computational costs efficiently.
自行车共享系统是一种重要的交通方式,使个人可以租用自行车进行短途旅行,并将其归还到城市的任何一个站点。然而,用户到达每个站点的动态特性导致自行车供需不平衡,导致用户不满意。一个重要的挑战在于有效地部署和调度再平衡车辆进行自行车再分配,因为这些决策对系统的效率有相当大的影响。为了应对这一挑战,我们提出了一个动态再平衡模型,该模型将战术和操作决策集成在一个单一的优化框架中。与单独处理这些决策的方法不同,我们的模型捕获了两者之间的相互作用:在第一阶段,它确定在规划范围内应该部署多少车辆(战术决策),在第二阶段,它将站点分配给动态再平衡组,并根据需求实现将车辆分配给这些组(操作决策)。为了解决计算上的挑战,我们提出了两种方法:一种改进的整数l形分解算法和一种启发式算法,该算法将机器学习与早期停止准则相结合,以估计第二阶段的成本函数。在此基础上,对租金和收益需求进行预测,并将其纳入优化模型,以增强需求不确定性下的决策能力。数值结果表明,所提出的启发式算法在最小化未满足需求的同时有效地降低了计算成本。
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Impact Effects of Transport Structure Changes on Urban Traffic Congestion: A Case Study of Core Cities in China 交通结构变化对城市交通拥堵的影响——以中国核心城市为例
IF 8.8 1区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2026.104676
Heng Chen, Naqi Yuan Liu, Yumei Yang, Yanying Wang, Qian Li, Yingji Shan
Accelerated urbanization and population expansion in developing countries have led to excessive reliance on road transport within logistics systems, exacerbating urban traffic congestion and constraining high-quality socioeconomic development. Consequently, optimizing urban logistics-transport structures becomes crucial for alleviating congestion and achieving sustainable economic growth. This study employs Chinese core cities as samples, adopting a comparative perspective on passenger/freight transport structure changes. Kernel density estimation and Markov chain models analyze spatiotemporal evolution patterns between logistics-transport restructuring and congestion, exploring their mechanistic relationships. Benchmark panel regressions and spatial econometric models provide empirical verification. Key findings include: (1) China’s urban logistics-transport structures demonstrate overall temporal optimization, specifically upward adjustments in passenger transport structures (rising ratios of railway-to-highway passenger volumes) and upward adjustments in freight transport structures (rising ratios of railway-to-highway freight volumes). Traffic congestion shows marginal mitigation. Changes in logistics-transport structures and spatial transitions of congestion remain relatively stable. China’s urban transportation exhibits a stepped imbalance pattern: “eastern superiority and central-western weakness in rising transport structures” alongside “eastern-central superiority and western inferiority in congestion alleviation”. (2) Nationally, absent spatial considerations, increased railway-to-highway passenger and freight volume ratios suppress congestion. When incorporating spatial factors, these ratio improvements alleviate local congestion while mitigating neighboring areas’ congestion. (3) Regionally without spatial effects, enhanced railway-passenger structures reduce congestion in eastern-western cities. Central cities’ inadequate transport network upgrades prevent full utilization of railway advantages, intensifying congestion. Improved railway-freight structures alleviate congestion in eastern-central cities, whereas western mountainous terrain constraints limit rail freight capacity, failing to meet growing demand and worsening congestion. With spatial effects, railway-freight improvements effectively reduce eastern-central congestion, while railway-passenger enhancements may exacerbate central cities’ congestion.
发展中国家城市化进程加快和人口扩张导致物流系统过度依赖道路运输,加剧了城市交通拥堵,制约了高质量的社会经济发展。因此,优化城市物流运输结构对于缓解拥堵和实现经济可持续增长至关重要。本研究以中国核心城市为样本,采用比较视角研究客货运输结构变化。核密度估计和马尔可夫链模型分析了物流运输重构与拥堵的时空演化规律,探讨了二者的机理关系。基准面板回归和空间计量模型提供了实证验证。主要发现包括:(1)中国城市物流运输结构呈现整体时间优化,特别是客运结构向上调整(铁路-公路客运量比上升)和货运结构向上调整(铁路-公路货运量比上升)。交通拥堵略有缓解。物流运输结构的变化和拥堵的空间转移保持相对稳定。中国城市交通呈现出“东优西弱”和“东中优西劣”的阶梯式不平衡格局。(2)在不考虑空间因素的情况下,铁路与公路客运量和货运量之比的提高抑制了交通拥堵。当纳入空间因素时,这些比率的改善缓解了局部拥堵,同时缓解了邻近地区的拥堵。③从区域上看,东西部城市的铁路客运结构增强对拥堵有一定的缓解作用,但不存在空间效应。中心城市交通网络升级不足,阻碍了铁路优势的充分利用,加剧了拥堵。铁路货运结构的改善缓解了东部中部城市的拥堵,而西部山区地形的限制限制了铁路货运能力,无法满足日益增长的需求,导致拥堵加剧。在空间效应上,铁路货运的改善可以有效缓解东中部城市的拥堵,而铁路客运的改善可能会加剧中部城市的拥堵。
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Enhancing ship collision risk assessment by integrating virtual ship-based shared nearest neighbor clustering and game-theoretic modeling 基于共享近邻聚类和博弈论建模的虚拟船舶碰撞风险评估方法
IF 8.8 1区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2026.104675
Congcong Zhao , Zhuoyi Li , Tsz Leung Yip , Bing Wu
With the rapid growth in global shipping activities, the assessment of vessel collision risk has become a critical concern for maritime safety management. This study develops a comprehensive framework for identifying high-risk areas in congested waterways by integrating the Shared Nearest Neighbor Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (SNN-DBSCAN) algorithm and Stackelberg game-theoretic model. The proposed framework first applies SNN-DBSCAN to enable robust waterway regionalization and vessel clustering under highly heterogeneous traffic densities, enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of collision risk assessment. To prevent critical crossing interactions from being fragmented by purely spatial clustering, we introduce a virtual-ship representation based on a risk-invariance principle, ensuring that high-risk encounters are preserved in the interaction set. Furthermore, a leader-follower game is employed to characterize strategic vessel responses by jointly considering safety, efficiency, and decision uncertainty to predict the next actions of the target vessel. The proposed framework is validated using empirical data from the busy waters of Hong Kong under daytime, nighttime, heavy precipitation, and strong winds. The results reveal pronounced scenario-dependent changes in vessel collision risk. Reduced nighttime visibility shifts hotspots and elevates risk, daytime port activities create new high-risk zones, and severe weather drives vessels to typhoon shelters where higher density and poorer maneuverability increase danger. The proposed approach captures these shifts and yields an interpretable, actionable tool for collision risk assessment and maritime traffic management, supporting future maritime safety management.
随着全球航运活动的快速增长,船舶碰撞风险评估已成为海上安全管理的一个重要问题。本研究通过整合基于共享最近邻密度的噪声应用空间聚类(SNN-DBSCAN)算法和Stackelberg博弈论模型,开发了一个综合框架,用于识别拥挤水道中的高风险区域。该框架首先应用SNN-DBSCAN实现了高度异构交通密度下稳健的航道区划和船舶聚类,提高了碰撞风险评估的准确性和效率。为了防止关键交叉交互被纯粹的空间聚类分割,我们引入了基于风险不变性原则的虚拟船表示,确保在交互集中保留高风险相遇。此外,通过联合考虑安全性、效率和决策不确定性来预测目标船舶的下一步行动,采用领导者-追随者博弈来表征船舶的战略反应。利用香港繁忙水域在白天、夜间、强降水和强风下的经验数据验证了所提出的框架。研究结果显示,船舶碰撞风险随场景变化而显著变化。夜间能见度降低会转移热点并增加风险,白天港口活动会产生新的高风险区域,恶劣天气会迫使船只前往密度更高、机动性更差的台风避难所,从而增加危险。拟议的方法抓住了这些变化,并为碰撞风险评估和海上交通管理提供了一种可解释、可操作的工具,为未来的海上安全管理提供支持。
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With whom to ally? Alliance strategy for EV battery supplier considering echelon utilization and disassembly recycling 与谁结盟?考虑梯次利用和拆解回收的电动汽车电池供应商联盟策略
IF 8.8 1区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2026-01-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2025.104656
Zhangzhen Fang , Yuhan Guo , Gaoxiang Lou , Zhixuan Lai , Haicheng Ma , Li Zhou
The rapid expansion of the electric vehicle (EV) industry has heightened the need for sustainable and efficient closed-loop supply chains (CLSC) that can simultaneously improve economic returns and mitigate environmental impacts. To address this challenge, this study develops a game-theoretic model from the perspective of the power battery supplier and examines four inter-firm alliance modes: Non-alliance (N), supplier-manufacturer alliance (SM), supplier-recycler alliance (SR), and comprehensive alliance (SMR). The results reveal that (1) in the forward supply chain, suppliers under the SM and SMR modes consistently achieve higher battery capacity and EV sales. In the reverse supply chain, suppliers in alliance modes (SM, SR, SMR) are able to pay lower recycling prices while securing higher recycling quantities. (2) When recycling competition is weak, alliance with the manufacturer improves economic performance, whereas that with the recycler enhances environmental outcomes; however, the two benefits cannot be achieved simultaneously. By contrast, under intense recycling competition, forming a comprehensive alliance allows suppliers to improve both environmental and economic performance. (3) When extending the analysis to include suppliers’ investment in echelon utilization technology innovation, increased recycling competition intensity leads to a decline in the supplier’s echelon utilization performance, thereby amplifying the advantage of the comprehensive alliance.
电动汽车(EV)行业的快速扩张,提高了对可持续、高效的闭环供应链(CLSC)的需求,这种供应链可以同时提高经济回报和减轻环境影响。为了解决这一挑战,本文从动力电池供应商的角度建立了博弈论模型,并考察了四种企业间联盟模式:非联盟(N)、供应商-制造商联盟(SM)、供应商-回收商联盟(SR)和综合联盟(SMR)。结果表明:(1)在正向供应链中,SM模式和SMR模式下的供应商始终实现更高的电池容量和电动汽车销量。在逆向供应链中,联盟模式(SM、SR、SMR)的供应商能够支付较低的回收价格,同时获得较高的回收数量。(2)当回收竞争较弱时,与制造商联盟提高经济绩效,与回收商联盟提高环境绩效;然而,这两个好处不能同时实现。相比之下,在激烈的回收竞争中,形成一个全面的联盟可以使供应商提高环境和经济绩效。(3)将分析扩展到供应商在梯队利用技术创新方面的投入,回收竞争强度的增加导致供应商梯队利用绩效的下降,从而放大了综合联盟的优势。
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Algorithmic pricing in supply chains: implications for product quality, pricing, and profits 供应链中的算法定价:对产品质量、定价和利润的影响
IF 8.8 1区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2026-01-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2026.104679
Kui Song , Jing Chen , Hui Yang , Bintong Chen , Honghu Huang
The rapid adoption of algorithmic pricing by retailers, enabled by big data analytics, is reshaping decisions in supply chains and affecting consumer surplus. We develop a game-theoretic model to examine how a retailer’s operation under an algorithmic-pricing regime, compared with a uniform-pricing regime, influences the manufacturer’s product quality and wholesale pricing decisions, as well as profits and consumer surplus. We uncover three key findings. First, algorithmic pricing affects product quality through two opposing effects: the demand segmentation effect, which encourages quality improvement by better matching products to heterogeneous consumers, and the profit compression effect, which discourages quality investment when the consumer distribution is highly skewed. Second, algorithmic pricing generates asymmetric profit impacts for supply chain members. While the retailer benefits more directly from pricing precision, both firms can benefit, particularly under a balanced mix of consumer types, through increased market coverage and reduced channel conflict. Third, when algorithmic reliability is high and consumer heterogeneity is moderate, algorithmic pricing can improve consumer surplus by aligning prices with willingness-to-pay and incentivizing higher quality. As reliability improves and the consumer distribution becomes more balanced, the system can achieve a tripartite win–win that benefits the manufacturer, the retailer, and consumers. These findings highlight the dual, condition-dependent role of algorithmic pricing as both a coordination tool and a quality-enhancement mechanism in supply chains. They also offer managerial implications for the strategic deployment of algorithmic pricing tools and inform policy debates on regulating algorithm-driven markets.
在大数据分析的推动下,零售商迅速采用算法定价,正在重塑供应链决策,并影响消费者剩余。我们开发了一个博弈论模型来研究零售商在算法定价制度下的运作,与统一定价制度相比,如何影响制造商的产品质量和批发定价决策,以及利润和消费者剩余。我们发现了三个关键发现。首先,算法定价通过两种相反的效应影响产品质量:一是需求细分效应,通过更好地将产品与异质消费者匹配来鼓励质量提高;二是利润压缩效应,当消费者分布高度倾斜时,利润压缩效应阻碍质量投资。其次,算法定价对供应链成员产生不对称的利润影响。虽然零售商更直接地受益于定价的准确性,但两家公司都可以受益,特别是在消费者类型的平衡组合下,通过增加市场覆盖和减少渠道冲突。第三,当算法可靠性高且消费者异质性适中时,算法定价可以通过调整价格与支付意愿和激励更高质量来提高消费者剩余。随着可靠性的提高和消费者分布的更加平衡,该系统可以实现制造商、零售商和消费者三方共赢。这些发现突出了算法定价作为供应链中协调工具和质量提升机制的双重、条件依赖的作用。它们还为算法定价工具的战略部署提供了管理意义,并为规范算法驱动市场的政策辩论提供了信息。
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