Research Article

Particle Swarm Algorithms to Solve Engineering Problems: A Comparison of Performance

Table 4

Results for E02: pressure vessel design.

Algorithm FEs Runs Best Mean St. Dev. Worst

( )-ES 30000 30 6059.701610 6379.938037
PSO 50000 NA 6059.7143 6136.7744
HPSACO NA NA NA NA NA NA
NM-PSO NA NA NA NA NA NA
HEA-ACT 200000 30 NA NA NA NA
PSOLVER 310 30 6059.7143 6059.7143 6059.7143
CPSOSA 2450 30 6059.7143 6059.7143 6059.7146
GABC 30000 30 6059.714 6218.515 NA
PSO NA NA NA NA NA NA
GDA 20000 20 6059.83905683 6149.72760669
SiCPSO 30000 50 6059.714335 6172.3441
MCEPSO 30000 50 6059.714335 6274.2285

NA stands for not available.
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