Research Article
A Population-Based Optimization Method Using Newton Fractal
Table 1
Benchmark for NPO, PSO, and FA: tested with 28 10-dimensional functions from CEC 2013 competition.
| Function | Best | Worst | Median | Mean | Variance |
| 1 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 2 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 3 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 4 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 5 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 6 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 7 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 8 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 9 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 10 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 11 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 12 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 13 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 14 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 15 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 16 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 17 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 18 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 19 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 20 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 21 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 22 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 23 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 24 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 25 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 26 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 27 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
| 28 | NPO | | | | | | PSO | | | | | | FA | | | | | |
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