No. of stations to be eliminated

Possible combinations

No. of simulations

Approximate time of simulation (hours)

1

16

1920

0.3

2

120

14,400

2.25

3

560

67,200

10.5

4

1820

218,400

34

5

4368

524,160

81

6

8008

960,960

150

7

11,440

1,372,800

214

8

12,870

1,544,400

241