Research Article

Allocation of Distributed Energy Systems at District-Scale over Wide Areas for Sustainable Urban Planning with a MILP Model

Table 9

Average solution results obtained by mathematical model for each problem set.

Pr. SetNo. of 
demand points
No. of 
candidate facilities
Avg. solution time (sec)Avg. value for lower boundAvg. value for upper boundPercent deviationAvg. iteration countAvg. node numberAvg. DcNo. of 
opt.
results

1520.039.159.150284710
21041.1017.6917.690274741530610
3156447.1131.0531.0505367735201070910
42082853.834.6234.30.922061233656282577
525103911.543.0242.171.661830242528166875
630125773.559.157.143.272825983651107283
735146647.263.6861.014.162789592944064571
84016576068.2365.274.392432181032567552
950207200105.2297.487.992532527047297780
10100407200203.79181.9412.011128792218885470