Research Article

A Hybrid Lightning Search Algorithm-Simplex Method for Global Optimization

Table 9

Best results of the cantilever beam design by different methods.

MethodOptimum variables

CONLIN [31]6.01005.30004.49003.49002.1500NC
MMA [31]6.01005.30004.49003.49002.15001.3400
CS [31]6.00895.30494.50233.50772.15041.33999
GCA_I [32]6.01005.30004.49003.49002.15001.3400
GCA_II [32]6.01005.30004.49003.49002.15001.3400
SOS [33]6.018785.303444.495873.498962.155641.33996
MFO [27]5.984871775.3167269244.497332583.513616462.161620291.33998808
LSA-SM6.0216365.3108594.4908823.4974032.1529061.339958

CONLIN: CONvex LINearization; MMA: method of moving asymptotes; CS: cuckoo search; GCA: generalized convex approximation; SOS: symbiotic organisms search; NC: not converging.