Research Article

An Image Enhancement Method Using the Quantum-Behaved Particle Swarm Optimization with an Adaptive Strategy

Table 5

Unpaired t test between the performances of the algorithms for “Lenna” and “Waterlilies”.

Std. error value valueSignificance

Lenna
 AQPSO versus QPSO 10.044 2.0908 0.0409 Significant
 AQPSO versus PSO 9.510 4.3429 <0.0001Extremely significant
 AQPSO versus GA 8.802 24.3465 <0.0001Extremely significant
Waterlilies
 AQPSO versus QPSO 2.865 3.7343 0.0004 Extremely significant
 AQPSO versus PSO 2.649 8.1535 <0.0001Extremely significant
 AQPSO versus GA 2.646 8.9586 <0.0001Extremely significant