Research Article

Designing a Multistage Supply Chain in Cross-Stage Reverse Logistics Environments: Application of Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms

Table 12

Analysis results on different network structures.

ā€‰NetworkGAPSOA_IWMPSOA_CFMPSOA_VMM

Objective function3-4-5-6574809.5a/1b573564.6/1575096.2/1603791.2/2
6-6-6-6644482.1/2642426.8/1650475.1/3725523.7/4
3-10-10-60972412.2/2954457.3/1980211.5/31022415.6/4
6-6-6-6-6760460.1/2758655.5/1761552.1/3823544.4/4
6-8-8-10-301201225.3/21153252.1/11242273.4/31345758.7/4
8-10-20-20-601685442.3/21637241.6/11711412.5/31811279.4/4

Execution time3-4-5-6306.9/218.9/122.0/120.2/1
6-6-6-6326.4/241.8/142.4/139.0/1
3-10-10-60621.4/474.5/365.8/261.3/1
6-6-6-6-6533.1/361.0/251.3/148.4/1
6-8-8-10-30782.6/4112.5/392.1/285.2/1
8-10-20-20-60997.8/4187.4/3138.5/2102.7/1

Convergence time3-4-5-6155.4/47.5/118.9/314.4/2
6-6-6-6196.6/218.6/122.7/122.6/1
3-10-10-60415.3/328.7/130.2/231.2/2
6-6-6-6-6302.9/323.6/126.5/227.2/2
6-8-8-10-30557.4/335.2/140.7/242.5/2
8-10-20-20-60632.5/439.8/144.2/248.6/3

Average value; branking (by multiple comparison).