Research Article

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

Table 7

The compared results for middle-sized problem.

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

15 × 103322IDPSO375412.447
BDPSO528621.5565
GA446509.422

15 × 102233IDPSO330398.3547
BDPSO509596.760
GA428495.4522

15 × 123333IDPSO343409.170
BDPSO52360189
GA393515.8528

20 × 102233IDPSO498547.279
BDPSO701795.25120
GA596695.441

20 × 123333IDPSO475567.2119
BDPSO613757.2234
GA588767.6554

30 × 123333IDPSO9591070.7321
BDPSO12571427.5828
GA12651433.4115

30 × 153444IDPSO858970486
BDPSO11441303.11095
GA10261243.2151

50 × 123333IDPSO18321957.851110
BDPSO227624242670
GA21672491.35326

50 × 153444IDPSO16831814.81678
BDPSO21192245.655408
GA20892252419

80 × 153444IDPSO31793387.65870
BDPSO38624045.013247
GA38344064.15973