Research Article

The Two-Echelon Vehicle Routing Problem with Transshipment Nodes and Occasional Drivers: Formulation and Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Heuristic

Table 4

Comparative results for solving 2EVRP set 3 instances.

InstanceBKSHemmelmayr et al. [24]Breunig et al. [42]Enthoven et al. [14]Proposed ALNSAvg. Gap to BKS (%)Best gap to BKS (%)
BestCPU (s)BestCPU (s)BestCPU (s)Avg. 5BestCPU (s)

Set 3a
E-n22-k4-s13-14526.15526.1543526.1560526.1570532.25526.15601.160.00
E-n22-k4-s13-16521.09521.0944521.0960521.0964521.96521.09600.170.00
E-n22-k4-s13-17496.38496.3849496.3860496.3865511.59496.39603.060.00
E-n22-k4-s14-19498.8498.843498.860498.863518.63498.80603.980.00
E-n22-k4-s17-19512.81512.8126512.8160512.8172526.15512.81602.600.00
E-n22-k4-s19-21520.42520.4234520.4260520.4262525.93520.42601.060.00
E-n33-k4-s16-22672.17672.1776672.1760672.17114677.53672.17600.800.00
E-n33-k4-s16-24666.02666.0277666.0260666.02106692.45666.02603.970.00
E-n33-k4-s19-26680.36680.3684680.3660680.3679681.16680.37600.120.00
E-n33-k4-s22-26680.37680.3777680.3760680.37136683.34680.37600.440.00
E-n33-k4-s24-28670.43670.4388670.4360670.4377679.16670.43601.300.00
E-n33-k4-s25-28650.58650.5863650.5860650.58112675.43650.58603.820.00

Set 3b
E-n51-k5-s12-18690.59690.59147690.5960690.59125693.62690.57600.440.00
E-n51-k5-s12-41683.05683.05133683.0560683.05239690.74683.05601.130.00
E-n51-k5-s12-43710.41710.41217710.4160710.41137710.83710.41600.060.00
E-n51-k5-s39-41728.54728.54155728.5460728.54179736.08728.54601.030.00
E-n51-k5-s40-41723.75723.75154723.7560723.75129736.46723.75601.760.00
E-n51-k5-s40-43752.15752.15158752.1560752.15242763.2752.15601.470.00

Set 3c
E-n51-k5-s13-19560.73560.7360560.73119566.35560.73601.000.00
E-n51-k5-s13-42564.45564.4560564.45174568.69564.45600.750.00
E-n51-k5-s13-44564.45564.4560564.45121571.14564.45601.190.00
E-n51-k5-s40-42746.31746.3160746.31122749.71746.31600.460.00
E-n51-k5-s41-42771.56771.5660771.56203775.65771.56600.530.00
E-n51-k5-s41-44802.91802.9160802.91169807.64802.91600.590.00
Average641.44632.4592641.4460641.44124649.82641.4460.001.370.00