Satisfying the Energy Demand of a Rural Area by Considering the Investment on Renewable Energy Alternatives and Depreciation Costs

Table 4

Sensitivity analysis.

Number	Problem size	B&B		Sensitivity analysis on parameter 𝛼
	𝐼∗𝐽∗𝑇∗𝑆	Objective value (𝛼=0.95)	Time (s)	0.7	0.8	0.85	0.9
1	2∗2∗3∗2	431180	<1	340632.2	383750.2	396685.6	409621
2	2∗3∗4∗2	684452	<1	540717.1	609162.3	629695.8	650229.4
3	3∗3∗4∗3	706904	<1	163454.2	184144.6	190351.7	196558.8
4	4∗4∗10∗7	874562	<1	690904	778360.2	804597	830833.9
5	5∗4∗10∗8	954653	<1	754175.9	849641.2	878280.8	906920.4
6	5∗4∗20∗12	3954563	5	3124105	3519561	3638198	3756835
7	5∗4∗30∗20	4364795	10	3448188	3884668	4015611	4146555
8	5∗4∗40∗20	5225678	34	4128286	4650853	4807624	4964394