A New Metaheuristic-Based Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm for Software Modularization

Table 5

Features of selected algorithms search-based algorithms for comparison with the proposed algorithm.

Algorithm	# of objective used	Search type	Structural-based/semantic-based	Encoding type	Reference
Bunch-GA	Single objective	Global (GA)	Structural	Value-based	[5]
DAGC	Single objective	Global (GA)	Structural	Permutation-based	[15]
ECA	Multiobjective	Global (two-archive GA)	Structural	Value-based	[12]
MCA	Multiobjective	Global (two-archive GA)	Structural	Value-based	[12]
Bunch-SAHC	Single objective	Local (hill climbing)	Structural	Value-based	[7, 21]
SGA	Single objective	Global (GA)	Semantic	Value-based	[14]
GA-SMCP	Single objective	Global (GA)	Structural	Value-based	[30]
EoD	Multiobjective	Global (estimation of distribution)	Semantic and structural	Value-based	[8]
SNDGA	Single objective	Global (GA)	Semantic, nominal, and structural	Value-based	[46]