Research Article

Combined Simulated Annealing Algorithm for the Discrete Facility Location Problem

Table 2

Comparison for the Ghosh instances.

Size InstancesHybridCLMGTSTSCSA
ClassRangeResult CPU time1ResultCPU time1ResultCPU time1ResultCPU time1ResultCPU time

SymmetryA257806.84.328257895.286.482257832.62.828257805.03.687257293.066.652
SymmetryB276035.27.774276352.234.634276185.25.628276035.25.347275560.069.339
SymmetryC333671.68.702333671.669.458333820.09.878333671.610.384334127.070.588
AsymmetryA257923.44.636258032.686.506257978.42.618257917.83.487257179.081.706
AsymmetryB276053.28.082276184.233.688276467.25.790276053.25.501275111.075.473
AsymmetryC332897.27.776333058.489.990333237.69.196332897.29.736343270.070.329
SymmetryA511196.427.644511487.2946.028511383.615.616511180.414.835511113.0541.772
SymmetryB537912.034.196538685.8294.656538480.431.432537912.029.860537912.0579.244
SymmetryC621059.240.376621172.8437.462621107.271.106621059.267.551620112.0663.167
AsymmetryA511145.020.232511393.4921.208511251.613.760511140.013.072511097.0543.235
AsymmetryB537863.431.300538421.0311.344538144.034.748537847.633.011535665.0358.807
AsymmetryC621463.847.790621990.8388.210621811.872.064621463.868.461630861.0509.046
SymmetryA763706.649.214763978.03650.662763830.839.812763693.437.821763417.01250.775
SymmetryB796632.292.886797173.41583.170796919.093.352796571.888.684794970.01517.086
SymmetryC900272.0113.640900785.21194.534901158.4229.914900158.6218.418926358.01387.104
AsymmetryA763731.259.130764019.23658.588763836.639.650763717.034.667763498.01548.608
AsymmetryB796396.873.322796754.21606.778796859.095.430796374.490.660793668.01598.631
AsymmetryC900193.2112.994900349.81325.812900514.2236.902900193.2205.060919453.01337.671

Note: CPU time1 is on Sun Enterprise 3000 Server (4 × CPU, 6 G memory).