Clarifying Cutting and Sewing Processes with Due Windows Using an Effective Ant Colony Optimization

Table 3

Effectiveness test results for small problems contrast to PSO and ACO.

Data type	𝑛	𝑤1=0.25, 𝑤2=0.50, 𝑤3=0.25		𝑤1=0.50, 𝑤2=0.25, 𝑤3=0.25		𝑤1=0.25, 𝑤2=0.25, 𝑤3 = 0.50
		EACO versus; PSO	EACO versus; ACO	EACO versus; PSO	EACO versus; ACO	EACO versus; PSO	EACO versus; ACO
	3	−25.66%	−11.31%	34.26%	33.64%	−21.21%	−10.33%
	4	−13.20%	−5.31%	18.51%	21.27%	−9.64%	12.88%
I	5	17.80%	18.55%	46.28%	37.25%	44.39%	37.15%
	6	21.69%	19.91%	25.41%	38.25%	38.19%	29.65%
	7	16.48%	40.80%	56.13%	48.26%	27.74%	28.62%
	8	16.23%	13.40%	31.26%	27.05%	30.25%	43.27%
	3	30.71%	18.07%	42.52%	30.13%	18.22%	37.67%
	4	27.18%	13.95%	13.29%	10.47%	27.02%	32.01%
II	5	43.73%	5.65%	33.15%	53.24%	29.41%	45.84%
	6	23.63%	14.28%	43.19%	38.53%	18.46%	52.61%
	7	2.58%	10.19%	32.03%	41.21%	52.25%	65.48%
	8	7.10%	14.11%	18.24%	30.23%	29.24%	39.47%
	3	10.59%	6.69%	35.41%	40.62%	50.14%	2.02%
	4	25.76%	29.34%	27.56%	32.26%	21.52%	23.97%
III	5	37.75%	49.63%	31.26%	42.25%	43.25%	58.25%
	6	11.83%	−0.62%	28.15%	22.56%	−15.59%	8.03%
	7	5.34%	9.09%	−21.13%	61.51%	34.28%	44.96%
	8	15.85%	34.46%	29.24%	42.87%	29.16%	26.47%
	3	35.35%	43.03%	39.15%	65.02%	59.38%	75.43%
	4	39.91%	33.85%	−10.67%	35.38%	24.91%	35.17%
IV	5	26.40%	46.95%	53.55%	56.19%	33.28%	32.32%
	6	21.36%	16.57%	30.57%	32.57%	61.45%	65.16%
	7	7.16%	22.04%	25.73%	28.82%	26.41%	47.29%
	8	36.66%	13.27%	27.23%	33.53%	33.72%	34.84%
Avg. improvement		18.43%	19.02%	28.76%	37.63%	28.59%	36.18%
Total improvement (EACO versus PSO)				25.26%
Total improvement (EACO versus ACO)					30.94%