Research Article

A Hybrid Pathfinder Optimizer for Unconstrained and Constrained Optimization Problems

Table 27

Comparison of statistical results obtained from various algorithms for the welded beam problem.

MethodsMeanSDBestWorstFEs

HPFA1.7248891.027784E − E-041.7248531.72535422000
WCA1.7264274.290000E − 031.7248561.74469746450
CPSO1.7488311.290000E − 021.7280241.782143240000
GA31.7926547.470000E − 021.7282261.99340880000