A Hybrid Lightning Search Algorithm-Simplex Method for Global Optimization

Table 11

Best results of the welded beam design by different methods.

Reference	Method	Optimum variables
		Deb [36]	GA	0.2489	6.1730		8.1789	0.2533	2.4328
Coello [19]	GA	0.208800	3.420500	8.997500	0.210000	1.748309
Coello and Montes [20]	GA	0.205986	3.471328	9.020224	0.206480	1.728226
Gandomi et al. [30]	BA	0.2015	3.562	9.0414	0.2057	1.7312
Akay and Karaboga [26]	ABC	0.205730	3..470489	9.036624	0.205730	1.724852
Parsopoulos and Vrahatis [22]	UPSO	0.2407	6.4851	8.2399	0.2497	2.4426
He and Wang [23]	CPSO	0.202369	3.544214	9.048210	0.205723	1.728024
Huang et al. [24]	CDE	0.203137	3.542998	9.033498	0.206179	1.733462
Mahdavi et al. [25]	IHS	0.20573	3.47049	9.03662	0.20573	1.7248
Mirjalili [27]	MFO	0.2057	3.4703	9.0364	0.2057	1.72452
Baykasoğlu and Ozsoydan [29]	AFA	0.205730	3.470489	9.036624	0.205730	1.724852
Kaveh and Talatahari [37]	CSS	0.2058	3.4681	9.0380	0.2057	1.7249
Present study	LSA-SM	0.2057296	3.253120	9.036624	0.2057296	1.695247

CSS: charged system search.