Research Article

Solving the Bilevel Facility Location Problem under Preferences by a Stackelberg-Evolutionary Algorithm

Table 5

Results for the large-size instances.

Instance sizeInstance IDOptimal valueAverage valueBest valueWorst valueGap (%)Time (sec)Number of opt

big_a_122,255,196*22,463,397.922,255,19623,011,2640.935137.2947
big_a_222,189,452*22,203,899.722,189,45222,406,1680.065136.51914
big_a_322,765,286*22,930,434.222,765,28623,615,0440.725136.7659
big_a_422,799,540*22,888,083.022,799,54023,186,9080.388136.6186
big_b_122,475,276*22,693,778.422,475,27623,597,0920.972136.8424
big_b_221,988,192*22,368,965.621,988,19224,321,8341.732136.8547
big_b_322,919,924*23,276,402.622,919,92424,159,5681.555136.7146
big_b_422,442,388*22,528,429.822,442,38822,660,4220.383137.4778
big_c_121,207,902*21,213,366.221,207,90221,215,7080.026138.2995
big_c_221,199,978*21,411,178.821,199,97822,758,7840.996137.75612
big_c_321,404,592*21,439,839.421,404,59221,748,9040.165137.7194
big_c_421,896,128*22,000,610.021,896,12822,228,3880.477137.9658

large_a_138,635,228*44,263,374.838,635,22847,614,25614.567246.4482
large_a_234,642,732*37,575,132.334,642,73254,083,7368.465245.5414
large_a_337,365,008*52,054,726.037,365,00853,931,29212.551247.3182
large_a_436,443,660*41,851,030.536,443,66048,943,70014.838247.3714
large_b_130,678,758*34,006,518.830,678,75838,201,13610.847247.3734
large_b_230,304,860*32,972,009.230,304,86036,488,5288.801248.4893
large_b_330,870,146*34,027,882.830,870,14638,467,56410.229258.1611
large_b_430,330,226*31,763,682.930,330,22636,202,9684.726248.7563
large_c_130,354,964*31,914,530.330,354,96436,746,9005.138250.2543
large_c_230,341,740*32,659,784.330,341,74036,388,6127.639248.7191
large_c_330,281,492*31,677,372.430,281,49234,613,1444.609249.2281
large_c_424,334,680*30,592,168.124,334,68034,946,60415.714248.3882