Research Article

A Hybrid Lightning Search Algorithm-Simplex Method for Global Optimization

Table 12

Best results of the three-bar truss design by different methods.

ReferenceMethodOptimum variables

Tsa [38]a0.7880.408263.68
Ray and Saini [39]b0.7950.395264.3
Ray and Liew [40]SC0.78862103700.4084013340263.8958466
Gandomi et al. [31]CS0.788670.40902263.9716
Zhang et al. [41]DEDS0.788675130.40824828263.8958434
Liu et al. [42]PSO-DE0.78867510.4082482263.8958433
Sadollah et al. [43]MBA0.78856500.4085597263.8958522
Mirjalili [27]MFO0.7882447709319220.409466905784741263.895979682
Present studyLSA-SM0.78861360.4084224263.8958

a: a method to solve nonlinear fractional programming; b: a swarm strategy; SC: society and civilization; DEDS: differential evolution with dynamic stochastic selection; PSO-DE: hybridizing particle swarm optimization with differential evolution; MBA: mine blast algorithm.