Benchmark Instances

Description of the Files of Taillard's Benchmark

The format of the data files in all directories is as follows.

Data files

The file structure begins with a line containing i B, where:

Fields of the first line of a Taillard data file.
FieldDescription
icustomer number
Bbest known solution

The next line contains C, the capacity of the vehicles. After that, the depot coordinates (x, y) are shown. Finally, the customers are specified as x y q, where:

Fields of each customer line of a Taillard data file.
FieldDescription
xx coordinate
yy coordinate
qdemand