A Modified Bat Algorithm with Conjugate Gradient Method for Global Optimization

Table 7

Pairwise comparison results over all algorithms with CG-BAT as a control method at α = 0.05 (Experiment 1).

Procedure	Algorithm	Rank	Chi-square statistic	value
Friedman	BA	1.72	5.828	0.016
	FA	1.76	7.759	0.005
	CS	1.76	7.759	0.005
	PSO	1.90	18.241	0.000