Research Article

Comparative Study of Metaheuristics for the Curve-Fitting Problem: Modeling Neurotransmitter Diffusion and Synaptic Receptor Activation

Table 17

Mean fitness, average ranking, and number of wins (nWins) in pair-wise comparisons with the other algorithms on the 9th degree polynomial.

Mean fitness Ranking nWins

NLLS unconstrained 2.44 8
Self-Adaptive DE 2.50 5
DE 2.50 5
NLLS constrained 2.72 2
IPOP-CMA-ES 4.95 0
GA 7.48 −5
Solis and Wets 7.48 −5
MTS-LS1 7.48 −5
GODE 7.48 −5