Research Article

An Effective Hybrid Self-Adapting Differential Evolution Algorithm for the Joint Replenishment and Location-Inventory Problem in a Three-Level Supply Chain

Table 6

Comparison of the results for different scales.

_ AlgorithmAvg. CPU timesOptimal TC Avg. Ratio of finding the optimal TC

_5_30HSDE17.61397.41397.4100%
HDE17.31397.41397.4100%
GA19.21397.41397.4100%

_10_50HSDE99.02511.22511.2100%
HDE105.12511.22511.2100%
GA114.13064.83126.00%

_20_100HSDE613.24444.74709.245%
HDE689.97318.37846.40%
GA742.38539.49497.50%