Table 1.

The average time spent on simulated annealing (S.A.), and the percentage of times when the results were higher than those from rapid chain delineation in 100 repetitions.

Parameter	Algorithm	Size of the population
		50					100					200					1000
		Linkage Groups
		1	2	3	4		1	2	3	4		1	2	3	4		1	2	3	4
Percentage (%)	S. A.	30	100	100	100		35	100	100	100		8	100	100	100		30	100	100	100
Time (s)		73	3	2	< 1		105	15	3	< 1		112	14	1	< 1		131	17	2	< 1