Multi-Item Distribution Policies with Supply Hub and Lateral Transshipment

Table 4

The effect of two-stage selection technology.

Number of experiments	Without two-stage selection		With two-stage selection
	Run time (ms)	Convergence	Run time (ms)	Convergence
1	55		52	14
2	51		50	23
3	53		45	9
4	50		51	19
5	51		50	15
6	54		51	12
7	56	27	50	14
8	50		50	16
9	49		50	22
10	52	34	52	14
11	51		51	13
12	49	46	51	17
13	51		50	25
14	50	7	51	20
15	54	19	53	13
16	52	26	56	7
17	51		51	17
18	51		52	7
19	53		50	21
20	51	32	54	15

Representing that the run is not convergent within 50 generations.