Research Article

Comparative Study of Swarm-Based Algorithms for Location-Allocation Optimization of Express Depots

Table 5

The averaged optimal costs and standard deviations with various numbers of DCs and DPs.

Number of DCsAlgorithmEncoding schemeNumber of DPs
#DP = 10#DP = 20#DP = 30#DP = 40#DP = 50

#DC = 2PSORPK9.75 (0.2)17.71 (1.1)28.93 (0.9)63.35 (1.1)100.94 (0.9)
TES10.00 (0.6)19.14 (0.8)31.29 (1.1)66.06 (1.3)104.53 (1.6)
DERPK9.79 (0.0)16.18 (0.4)27.11 (0.3)60.78 (0.3)97.12 (0.6)
TES9.17 (0.3)16.65 (0.6)27.39 (0.5)61.36 (0.7)102.68 (3.7)
ABCRPK9.00 (0.2)15.94 (0.0)27.07 (0.2)60.52 (0.1)97.19 (0.2)
TES9.16 (0.3)16.76 (0.4)28.22 (0.6)62.24 (0.7)99.26 (0.9)
LDESRPK9.76 (0.2)15.94 (0.0)27.04 (0.3)60.90 (0.3)97.11 (0.3)
TES8.87 (0.1)16.12 (0.2)28.47 (0.7)63.70 (0.9)102.22 (1.0)

#DC = 4PSORPK9.74 (0.2)17.20 (0.9)25.67 (1.1)36.72 (1.7)46.76 (1.7)
TES12.38 (0.8)21.14 (1.3)29.44 (1.9)42.22 (1.6)54.54 (2.1)
DERPK9.79 (0.0)15.95 (0.0)21.69 (0.7)34.98 (2.5)44.31 (2.1)
TES12.09 (0.5)17.95 (0.4)24.19 (1.3)37.95 (2.6)48.81 (3.4)
ABCRPK8.94 (0.2)15.59 (0.3)21.43 (0.4)30.07 (0.6)38.86 (0.6)
TES10.85 (0.3)16.68 (0.5)22.56 (0.6)32.68 (0.9)42.24 (1.3)
LDESRPK9.75 (0.1)15.94 (0.0)22.01 (0.4)31.75 (1.3)41.42 (1.4)
TES10.99 (0.3)17.74 (0.5)24.52 (1.0)35.54 (1.5)46.47 (1.6)

#DC = 6PSORPK9.76 (0.1)17.74 (0.9)25.53 (1.2)36.94 (1.5)45.41 (1.6)
TES15.42 (1.2)23.72 (1.6)33.20 (1.9)44.28 (2.5)53.08 (2.3)
DERPK9.79 (0.0)15.94 (0.0)21.44 (0.5)34.33 (2.7)41.59 (3.0)
TES14.25 (0.8)20.49 (0.6)26.99 (1.4)40.48 (3.5)51.23 (5.3)
ABCRPK8.92 (0.2)15.53 (0.4)21.55 (0.4)30.11 (0.6)36.45 (1.1)
TES12.72 (0.2)18.46 (0.4)23.88 (0.5)31.47 (0.8)37.29 (1.0)
LDESRPK9.79 (0.0)15.94 (0.0)22.21 (0.7)31.52 (1.6)39.23 (2.4)
TES13.19 (0.5)20.39 (0.9)26.53 (1.1)35.21 (1.3)41.94 (2.1)

#DC = 8PSORPK9.73 (0.2)17.31 (0.9)25.66 (1.3)37.13 (1.5)45.11 (1.8)
TES17.94 (1.2)27.92 (1.9)37.98 (2.1)48.02 (3.0)56.36 (3.3)
DERPK9.78 (0.0)15.96 (0.0)23.17 (1.1)34.54 (1.9)43.21 (3.8)
TES15.37 (0.5)22.49 (0.5)36.58 (2.5)48.52 (10.8)58.75 (15.8)
ABCRPK8.94 (0.2)15.54 (0.4)21.49 (0.4)30.32 (0.5)36.47 (0.7)
TES14.76 (0.2)20.41 (0.4)25.98 (0.5)32.75 (0.6)37.29 (0.8)
LDESRPK9.79 (0.0)15.96 (0.1)22.27 (0.7)31.10 (1.5)38.72 (2.7)
TES15.73 (0.7)22.22 (0.8)29.23 (2.2)36.24 (1.3)42.00 (2.1)

#DC = 10PSORPK9.76 (0.1)17.86 (1.1)25.67 (1.7)36.81 (1.3)45.10 (1.8)
TES22.21 (1.9)31.67 (3.0)41.91 (3.3)52.69 (3.1)60.96 (3.4)
DERPK9.78 (0.1)17.02 (0.7)24.45 (1.3)33.70 (2.0)40.60 (3.1)
TES17.60 (0.7)24.81 (0.8)39.60 (3.1)57.69 (14.9)82.14 (27.3)
ABCRPK9.07 (0.2)15.47 (0.4)21.66 (0.7)30.33 (0.7)36.75 (0.9)
TES16.74 (0.2)22.40 (0.5)27.97 (0.5)34.60 (0.5)39.06 (0.8)
LDESRPK9.69 (0.3)15.95 (0.0)22.62 (0.9)31.09 (1.9)38.77 (2.5)
TES17.40 (0.5)23.96 (0.9)31.38 (2.5)38.13 (1.3)45.89 (4.5)