Optimal Delivery Time Quotation and Order Sequencing
研究了如何为多个订单报出一个共同的交货时间，在长交货期成本与短交货期导致的订单延误成本之间权衡，提出了精确和启发式求解方法，并针对成本无法量化的情况给出了双目标优化方案。
ABSTRACT This paper examines the problem of quoting a common delivery time for several orders. The decision maker responsible for the quote must trade off the cost associated with a long delivery time against the cost of tardy orders that might be induced by a short delivery time. First, an aggregate cost model is investigated where it is assumed that some cost is incurred if the quoted delivery time exceeds a given threshold and the cost of order tardiness is dependent on the order. Both exact and heuristic solution procedures are proposed for this model. Finally, for the situation where the costs cannot be quantified, a bicriteria formulation of the problem is pursued and the set of nondominated solutions is identified.