Table 3:
The mean MSDE and MSE values from all eight simulation settings with varying measurement error variance σ2, number of regions, and range of the number of facilities per region. Results are based on 200 Monte Carlo runs.
| Number of regions: | n = 423 regions | n = 49 regions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of facilities: | 4–20 | 10–30 | 4–20 | 10–30 | ||||
| Noise level, σ2: | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 0.2 |
| MSDE | ||||||||
| 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.016 | 0.018 | 0.015 | 0.020 | |
| 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.027 | 0.026 | 0.021 | 0.031 | |
| 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.035 | 0.036 | 0.026 | 0.038 | |
| 0.001 | 0.001 | < .001 | < .001 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.003 | 0.005 | |
| 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.012 | 0.013 | 0.004 | 0.006 | |
| MSE | ||||||||
| 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.104 | 0.110 | 0.112 | 0.112 | |
| 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | < .001 | 0.025 | 0.028 | 0.023 | 0.028 | |
| 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | < .001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| < .001 | < .001 | < .001 | < .001 | < .001 | < .001 | < .001 | < .001 | |
| 0.006 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.044 | 0.052 | 0.041 | 0.056 | |
| 0.003 | 0.008 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.018 | 0.024 | 0.016 | 0.024 | |
| 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.004 | 0.011 | 0.002 | 0.009 | |
| 0.002 | 0.010 | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.004 | 0.012 | 0.002 | 0.010 | |
| 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.003 | 0.004 | |
| Small | 0.013 | 0.014 | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.010 | 0.013 | 0.004 | 0.005 |
| Medium | 0.008 | 0.007 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0.007 | 0.003 | 0.004 |
| Large | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |
| Small | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Medium | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Large | 0.001 | 0.001 | < .001 | < .001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | < .001 |