Research Article

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

Table 8

Comparison of successful rates and average number of iterations for PS-FW, PSO, and FWA with for function and for other functions (the best ranks are marked in bold).

PSOFWAPS-FW

 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank
 ST
 Rank
 AI
 Rank

Average rank of ST
Overall rank of AI