Research Article

An Improved Discrete PSO for Tugboat Assignment Problem under a Hybrid Scheduling Rule in Container Terminal

Table 6

The compared results for small-sized problem.

Problem sizeTugboatsAlgorithmMean time
(ship × tugboat)2600320034004000(min.)(min.)(s)

5 × 41111IDPSO1351352
BDPSO1751833
GA1351592

5 × 71222IDPSO80805
BDPSO120136.757
GA80110.752

6 × 41111IDPSO1751752
BDPSO183213.24
GA1751813

6 × 71222IDPSO108110.87
BDPSO123161.39
GA108131.33

7 × 62211IDPSO168182.87
BDPSO195238.79
GA168194.153

7 × 61122IDPSO160172.357
BDPSO185229.959
GA160183.653

7 × 82222IDPSO125140.7510
BDPSO200227.3514
GA135174.93

8 × 62211IDPSO173197.48
BDPSO193251.58
GA193217.84

8 × 61122IDPSO160185.68
BDPSO193236.858
GA185208.34

8 × 82222IDPSO135156.312
BDPSO248282.525
GA160197.454

10 × 103322IDPSO208237.8526
BDPSO308363.945
GA216279.256

10 × 102233IDPSO185218.6525
BDPSO305362.246
GA245290.76