Research Article

A VNS Metaheuristic with Stochastic Steps for Max 3-Cut and Max 3-Section

Table 2

The numerical comparisons of 0.836-approximate algorithm with VNS metaheuristic.

Wnp 𝑚 Obj rsdp0.836-algorithmVNS
s.v. Obj GM 𝑡 G M Obj v n s - 𝑘 𝑡 v n s - 𝑘 𝜌 𝑘 % Obj v n s - 𝑡 𝜌 𝑡 % 𝜌 %

W20.199012111722.931190.28−1.65119−1.650
W20.357023222525.582280.29−1.72228−1.720
W20.649246414.274790.40−2.65479−2.240.41

W30.12235147139161.561440.81−2.04144−2.040
W30.31305566521140.125500.97−2.83550−2.300.53
W30.61181110194.9311510.92−2.541151−2.03 0.51

W45.15040675594202.486050.92−10.38612−9.331.05
W45.3297013001147211.7211921.02 −8.311300−7.151.16
W45.624412272217.5723131.02 −5.252350−3.731.52

W60.189701069918256.359652.14−9.73981−8.231.50
W60.3531024942228256.5723013.13−7.742332−6.501.24
W60.644034054266.6842132.48−4.324307−2.182.14

W80.11596015671357537.5814155.82−9.711438−8.231.48
W80.3 948040943666546.2338017.35−7.163912−4.452.71
W80.677467328495.3474236.31−4.177481−3.420.75

W100.12495025262149893.52226212.73−10.462302−8.871.60
W100.31485064185814882.73601012.66 −6.366113−4.751.61
W100.61195611212865.281139111.99 −4.7311422−4.470.26

W120.133990374632221476.54333534.07−10.983392−9.451.53
W120.321420917382661498.18857535.41 −6.528623−6.000.52
W120.616748155961567.431605643.80 −4.1416114−3.790.35

W150.156175582150202618.11520869.20−10.545257−9.690.85
W150.33352514432132093021.871354370.60 −6.1513607−5.720.43
W150.626310250763172.222540574.46 −3.4425517−3.010.43

W180.0580910430335789043.253726133.10−13.413812−11.411.20
W180.1483307236632810225.546481130.07−10.446547 −9.520.92
W180.32014718436 9887.3619031132.14−5.5419213 −4.640.90
W180.6372923538610004.1135949102.77 −3.6136124 −3.130.48

W200.05999005174430625872.33448471.90−13.404509−12.850.55
W200.1597009271809229003.288799149.50 −5.108853 −4.510.59
W200.5388313648128774.1737477200.16 −3.4937552 −3.290.20