Directed Bee Colony Optimization Algorithm to Solve the Nurse Rostering Problem

Table 16

Statistical analysis with respect to Convergence Diversity.

(a) ANOVA test

Source factor: Convergence Diversity
	Sum of squares	df	Mean square		Sig.
Between groups	514.4758	5	102.8952	9.287168	0.000
Within groups	4520.348	408	11.07928
Total	5034.824	413

(b) DMRT test

Duncan test: Average Standard Deviation
Method		Subset for alpha = 0.05
		1	2	3
M3	69	18.363232
MODBCO	69	18.42029
M1	69		19.68116
M2	69		20.57971
M4	69		20.68116
M5	69			21.2464
Sig.		0.919	0.096	1