Research Article

PS-FW: A Hybrid Algorithm Based on Particle Swarm and Fireworks for Global Optimization

Table 10

The results of Friedman test for the PS-FW and other PSO variants over the mean and standard deviation of best solutions based on Table 9 (the best ranks are marked in bold).

Mean Std

Results
 Chi-square
value
Friedman ranks of Algorithms
 PS-FW
 stdPso
 CPSO
 CLPSO
 FIPS
 Frankenstein
 AIWPSO