Combined results. For the four benchmark expressions described in (B) and (C), and for the other three benchmark expressions, we observe that the relative improvement of the choice of the best neighbourhood structure compared to the worst neighbourhood structure is never more than 10%. Furthermore, we observe that there are two groups of neighbourhood structures when the state space is sufficiently large. Group 1 makes small changes to the state (‘1 swap’, ‘2 swap’, ‘3 swap’, ‘1 shift’). Group 2 makes large structural changes (‘mirror’, ‘many shift’ ‘mirror shift’). The two groups converge before N = 1000 for expressions with small state spaces, such as HEP(σ), but are further apart for expressions with more variables, such as HEP(F13) and HEP(b). The difference in quality in the group itself is often negligible (less than 3%). Thus, as a strategy to apply the appropriate neighbourhood structure, we suggest to distribute the number of parallel runs evenly among the two groups: in the case of four parallel runs, two of the runs can be performed using one neighbourhood structure from the group 1 and two from group 2.
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Combined results. The following is a summary of the combined results of the Target Group for each of the three years ended 31 December 1999 and the six months ended 30 June 2000, prepared on the basis set out in Section 1 above: Year ended 31 December Six months ended 30 June Note 1997 1998 1999 2000 RMB million RMB million RMB million RMB million Operating revenue (Turnover)............................. (a) Usage fees .............................. 6,815 11,278 16,285 10,218 Monthly fees........................... 1,609 3,051 4,564 2,780 Connection fees....................... 3,277 2,793 2,113 548 Other operating revenue ........... 1,276 1,737 3,422 2,160 Total operating revenue........... Operating expenses 12,977 18,859 26,384 15,706 Leased lines............................ 2,191 3,763 3,309 1,532 Interconnection ....................... 1,850 2,753 4,867 2,749 Depreciation ........................... 1,822 3,073 4,793 2,652 Personnel................................ 276 415 546 326 Other operating expenses ......... (b) 2,054 3,404 4,349 2,697 Total operating expenses ......... 8,193 13,408 17,864 9,956 Profit from operations............. 4,784 5,451 8,520 5,750 Write-down and write-off of
