Research Article

Mathematical Model and Algorithm for the Reefer Mechanic Scheduling Problem at Seaports

Table 5

Mean percent deviation for DE and its variants.

 DE DE-M DE-LS1 DE-LS2 DE-P

8/200000
8/400000
8/600000
8/800000
8/1000000

Average 00000

20/21.59 1.631.59 1.84 1.84
20/42.002.00 2.50 2.24 2.46
20/60.91 0.94 1.15 1.27 1.41
20/83.97 3.97 4.18 3.97 5.32
20/108.35 8.35 8.35 8.35 9.15

Average 3.36 3.37 3.55 3.53 4.03

30/21.44 1.78 1.76 1.53 1.62
30/41.47 2.32 1.94 1.80 2.13
30/61.66 2.17 1.881.66 2.75
30/82.36 3.06 2.75 2.57 3.73
30/101.83 2.17 3.82 2.41 2.23

Average 1.75 2.30 2.43 1.99 2.49

40/21.12 1.43 1.27 1.37 1.28
40/41.68 2.35 1.96 1.76 2.18
40/61.89 2.45 1.86 2.19 2.04
40/81.89 2.81 2.79 2.34 2.29
40/102.21 3.15 3.06 3.15 2.34

Average 1.758 2.43 2.18 2.16 2.03

50/21.05 1.19 1.26 1.26 1.17
50/41.59 2.11 2.63 1.83 1.60
50/62.19 2.61 2.97 2.26 2.25
50/82.30 3.02 3.37 2.88 2.60
50/102.14 3.48 3.31 2.95 2.57

Average 1.85 2.48 2.70 2.23 2.03

60/2 0.86 1.08 1.13 1.040.81
60/41.41 1.68 1.94 1.85 1.50
60/61.93 2.78 2.95 2.99 1.94
60/82.15 2.95 3.17 2.53 2.90
60/102.86 3.59 3.56 3.41 2.92

Average 1.84 2.42 2.552.3642.014