Theoretical and Empirical Analyses of an Improved Harmony Search Algorithm Based on Differential Mutation Operator

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="147950.fig.003a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2012/147950/figures/147950.fig.003a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Contour line and Optimal Solution</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="147950.fig.003b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2012/147950/figures/147950.fig.003b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Iterations of CHS Method</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="147950.fig.003c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2012/147950/figures/147950.fig.003c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Iterations of HSDE Method</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="147950.fig.003d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2012/147950/figures/147950.fig.003d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Iterations of IHSDE Method</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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