On the Transformation Mechanism for Formulating a Multiproduct Two-Layer Supply Chain Network Design Problem as a Network Flow Model

Table 1

The limitation of data scale in experiments.

Experiment	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Category of products	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20
Manufacturer	1	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20
Distribution centers	1	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20
Customers	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20
Number of actual network arcs	18	144	486	1152	2250	3888	6174	9216	13122	18000
Number of solving network arcs	27	178	561	1284	2455	4182	6573	9736	13779	18810