Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization with Learning Enthusiasm Mechanism and Its Application in Chemical Engineering

Table 10

Simulation results on the six-plate gas absorption tower problem.

Algorithm	Best	Mean	Worst	SD	+/=/−	Rank
RCBBOG	0.11244	0.11247	0.11251		+	6
IHS	0.11244	0.11246	0.11248		+	5
CMAES	0.11332	0.11401	0.11455		+	12
CLPSO	0.11321	0.11390	0.11420		+	11
JADE	0.11243	0.11243	0.11243	1.75E − 08	−	1
TLBO	0.11244	0.11248	0.11253		+	8
mTLBO	0.11243	0.11243	0.11244	2.29E − 06	−	1
DLTLBO	0.11246	0.11251	0.11265		+	9
NIWTLBO	0.11257	0.11280	0.11333		+	10
LETLBO	0.11243	0.11244	0.11246		=	3
GOTLBO	0.11244	0.11247	0.11254		+	6
LebTLBO	0.11243	0.11244	0.11245		/	3

The best and the second best results are highlighted with boldface and italic, respectively.