Research Article

Design Optimization of Mechanical Components Using an Enhanced Teaching-Learning Based Optimization Algorithm with Differential Operator

Table 4

Best, worst, and mean production cost produced by the various methods for Case 2.

MethodMaximumMinimumMeanAverage time (min)Minimum time (min)

ConventionalNA46.5392NANANA
GA46.693246.665346.68213.23
PSO46.675246.521246.62541.81.7
ABS46.624146.511546.60332.52.3
TLBO46.521446.322146.49982.22
DTLBO46.432246.301246.31922.42.2