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Table 2 Upper and lower bounds on the number of routes for Catlab using CPLEX

From: On the improvement of blood sample collection at clinical laboratories

  

CPLEX solution

  

Vehicle capacity = 16

Vehicle capacity = 25

Scenario I

CST + HUMT

4(3)

4(2)

ICS

5*

6(3)

Scenario II

CST + HUMT + ICS

13(6.43)

14(5)

  1. Upper (lower) bound obtained by CPLEX after running the program for 1 hour (Scenario I: CST + HUMT), 2 hours (Scenario I: ICS), and 3 hours (Scenario II: CST + HUMT + ICS), respectively. A number with an asterisk represents the optimal solution (i.e., upper and lower bounds coincide).
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