Cloud Particles Evolution Algorithm

Table 1

Average number of function evaluations to reach _stop of CPEA versus CMA-ES, DE, RES, LOS, ABC, and CEBA on , , , and function.

	_stop	init		CMA-ES	DE	RES	LOS	ABC	CEBA	CPEA
		600,	20	3111	8691	—	—	12463	94412	2950
			30	4455	11410		—	29357	163545	4270
			100	12796	31796	—	—	34777	458102	7260
		5.12, 5.12	20	68586	12971	—		11183	30436	2850
		DE: 600, 600	30	147416	20150			26990	44138	6187
			100	1010989	73620	—	—	449404	60854	10360
		30, 30	20	2667	—	—		10183	64400	3330
			30	3701	12481			17810	91749	4100
			100	11900	36801	—	—	59423	205470	12248
		5.12, 5.12	30	152000		—	—	—	50578	13100
			100	240899	5522	—	—	—	167324	14300

The bold entities indicate the best results obtained by the algorithm. represents dimension.