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. 2014 Oct 1;238(1):18–30. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.03.005

Table 3.

Average solution quality, depending on instance size and share of dynamic requests Λ, using deterministic solution methods with average (time-independent) travel speeds. All results are relative to those obtained by the corresponding solution method using time-dependent travel speeds (VNS – AVNS, MPA – AMPA). Negative values indicate superior results obtained by the method with time-dependent travel speeds (i.e., it is always superior). Dissatisfaction refers to the primary objective, calculated as the sum of tardiness, earliness, and ride time violation; #Vehicles is the secondary objective, calculated as the number of vehicles used; and Duration is tertiary objective, equal to the total route duration.

Size Λ (%) Dissatisfaction (%)
#Vehicles (%)
Duration (%)
AVNS AMPA AVNS AMPA AVNS AMPA
Tiny 0 −54.81 −54.75 4.45 22.66 8.07 10.75
Tiny 15 −52.88 −48.91 2.10 15.29 5.98 8.73
Tiny 30 −56.33 −49.74 3.77 20.08 3.34 6.55
Tiny 45 −55.38 −45.79 2.88 19.31 1.80 4.84
Tiny 60 −52.99 −43.07 0.83 12.77 4.19 4.60
Tiny 75 −44.48 −40.70 2.44 21.40 3.27 4.46
Tiny 90 −46.34 −37.35 1.68 20.18 3.37 3.96
Tiny 100 −49.37 −43.02 2.62 20.09 0.45 1.92
Small 0 −65.73 −63.85 0.23 12.97 4.75 6.14
Small 15 −60.05 −59.17 1.60 12.22 5.34 7.62
Small 30 −63.81 −62.70 0.23 12.16 4.17 5.61
Small 45 −62.39 −62.85 3.76 12.16 2.03 3.80
Small 60 −51.89 −52.60 0.00 13.41 2.24 4.51
Small 75 −55.72 −55.32 0.23 13.83 0.77 1.87
Small 90 −41.73 −44.58 0.00 10.77 1.03 2.26
Small 100 −35.79 −39.62 0.96 12.05 2.02 1.40
Medium 0 −53.43 −47.46 3.61 9.36 4.50 6.19
Medium 15 −50.98 −47.12 2.22 9.09 4.04 6.59
Medium 30 −52.43 −45.65 0.96 8.42 5.02 6.33
Medium 45 −45.59 −44.71 3.04 8.15 5.63 5.34
Medium 60 −47.05 −45.24 3.35 10.82 3.13 4.67
Medium 75 −45.78 −48.10 2.10 9.82 2.11 2.64
Medium 90 −46.88 −46.11 1.83 11.47 1.70 1.69
Medium 100 −39.54 −42.39 1.56 12.30 2.04 0.46
Large 0 −65.85 −63.50 1.17 7.95 3.73 6.68
Large 15 −71.60 −74.48 2.20 10.51 2.62 3.87
Large 30 −64.58 −70.47 0.00 9.47 3.10 3.94
Large 45 −69.26 −67.33 1.05 9.41 1.16 3.18
Large 60 −67.43 −65.43 0.48 13.12 1.46 4.42
Large 75 −64.18 −64.08 1.34 11.92 1.12 1.96
Large 90 −63.47 −65.43 0.36 8.80 1.34 0.66
Large 100 −62.04 −62.69 2.64 10.21 1.13 1.43



Avg. −66.05 −66.68 0.07 10.18 1.96 3.27