Research Article
A Population-Based Optimization Method Using Newton Fractal
Table 2
Performance comparison of NPO, PSO, and FA in the mean ranking.
| Function | NPO | PSO | FA |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Mean rank | 1.821 | 2.107 | 2.0 |
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