A Hybrid Maximum Power Point Tracking Approach for Photovoltaic Systems under Partial Shading Conditions Using a Modified Genetic Algorithm and the Firefly Algorithm

Table 14

Qualitative comparison of the proposed method with other algorithms.

Number	Parameters	P&O [18]	ABC [19]	Cuckoo [11]	FPA [12]	FA [4]	GA [17]	Proposed
1	Tracking speed	Slow	Fast	Fast	Fast	Moderate	Moderate	Fast
2	Tracking accuracy	Low	Moderate	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	High
3	Trapping at LMPPs	High	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Low
4	Steady state oscillation	Large	Zero	Zero	Zero	Zero	Moderate	Low
5	Complexity	Low	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	High	Moderate
6	Execution time	Slow	Moderate	Moderate	Fast	Moderate	Moderate	Fast