Research Article

A Methodology for Classifying Search Operators as Intensification or Diversification Heuristics

Table 4

Ranking of the vehicle routing heuristics.

HeuristicFriedmanAligned FriedmanQuade

distance
2.3313.122.10
1.6216.242.40
2.7422.143.66
3.1429.894.50

distance
2.3712.331.91
1.6115.442.10
3.0211.162.60
5.0127.943.47

distance
1.3613.191.01
2.6511.952.37
2.4220.423.15
5.2227.144.18