An Algorithm for Global Optimization Inspired by Collective Animal Behavior

Table 4

𝑃 values produced by Wilcoxon’s test comparing CAB versus RGA, PSO, GSA, and DE over the “average best-so-far” values from Table 3.

CAB versus	RGA	PSO	GSA	DE
𝑓1	1.21×10^−6	3.94×10^−5	7.39×10^−4	1.04×10^−6
𝑓2	2.53×10^−6	5.62×10^−5	4.92×10^−4	2.21×10^−6
𝑓3	8.34×10^−8	6.42×10^−8	7.11×10^−7	1.02×10^−4
𝑓4	3.81×10^−8	1.91×10^−8	7.39×10^−4	1.27×10^−6
𝑓5	4.58×10^−8	9.77×10^−9	4.75×10^−7	0.23×10^−4
𝑓6	8.11×10^−8	1.98×10^−6	5.92×10^−4	2.88×10^−5
𝑓7	5.12×10^−7	4.77×10^−7	8.93×10^−6	1.01×10^−4