Research Article

A Transition Control Mechanism for Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) Algorithm

Table 12

Statistical comparison between ABC variants and their tl-based implementations.

FunctionGABC-tlGABCABC/b/1-tlABC/best/1ABC/best/2-tlABC/b/2CABC-tlCABCEABC-tlEABC
valueSign. valueSign. valueSign. valueSign. valueSign.

0.000002tlGABC0.000002tlABC/best/10.000002tlABC/best/20.000002tlCABC0.000002tlEABC
0.000002tlGABC0.000002tlABC/best/10.000002tlABC/best/20.000002tlCABC0.000002tlEABC
0.000002tlGABC0.000002tlABC/best/10.000002tlABC/best/20.000002tlCABC0.000002tlEABC
0.000002tlGABC0.000002tlABC/best/10.000002tlABC/best/20.000002tlCABC0.000002tlEABC
0.000002tlGABC0.000002tlABC/best/10.000002tlABC/best/20.000002tlCABC0.000002tlEABC
0.000002tlGABC0.000002tlABC/best/10.000002tlABC/best/20.000002tlCABC0.000002tlEABC
0.000002tlGABC0.000002tlABC/best/10.000002tlABC/best/20.000002tlCABC0.000002tlEABC
0.000002tlGABC0.000002tlABC/best/10.000002tlABC/best/20.000002tlCABC0.000002tlEABC
0.000002tlGABC0.000002tlABC/best/10.000002tlABC/best/20.000002tlCABC0.000002tlEABC