Research Article

An Improved Real-Coded Population-Based Extremal Optimization Method for Continuous Unconstrained Optimization Problems

Table 2

Comparative performances of IRPEO with the GAs [24] and PEO [22] for test functions.

ProblemsOptimumAlgorithm (rank) SD (rank)Final rank

0 (min)IRPEO       1
GA-ADM [24]/ (7)/ (6)7
GA-RM [24]/ (4)/ (3)4
GA-PLM [24]/ (2)/ (2)2
GA-NUM [24]/ (3)/ (4)3
GA-MNUM [24]/ (6)/ (7)6
GA-PM [24]/ (8)/ (8)8
PEO [22] (5) (5)5

3 (max)IRPEO3.000003.00000 3.00000    1
GA-ADM [24]/3.00000 (1)/ (2)2
GA-RM [24]/2.99995 (4)/ (4)4
GA-PLM [24]/2.99998 (3)/ (3)3
GA-NUM [24]/2.99985 (5)/ (5)5
GA-MNUM [24]/2.98028 (7)/ (7)7
GA-PM [24]/2.99358 (6)/ (6)6

1 (max)IRPEO1.0000001.000000 1.000000    1
GA-ADM [24]/1.000000 (1)/ (2)2
GA-RM [24]/0.999994 (5)/ (4)5
GA-PLM [24]/0.999996 (4)/ (3)4
GA-NUM [24]/0.999986 (6)/ (5)6
GA-MNUM [24]/0.999997 (3)/ (7)3
GA-PM [24]/0.999560 (7)/ (6)7

0 (min)IRPEO          1
GA-ADM [24]/ (2)/ (5)2
GA-RM [24]/ (4)/ (7)4
GA-PLM [24]/ (3)/ (6)3
GA-NUM [24]/ (5)/ (3)5
GA-MNUM [24]/ (6)/ (2)6
GA-PM [24]/ (7)/ (4)7

0 (min)IRPEO       1
GA-ADM [24]/ (7)/ (6)7
GA-RM [24]/ (3)/ (3)3
GA-PLM [24]/ (2)/ (2)2
GA-NUM [24]/ (4)/ (4)4
GA-MNUM [24]/ (8)/ (8)8
GA-PM [24]/ (6)/ (7)6
PEO [22] (5) (5)5

0 (min)IRPEO          1
GA-ADM [24]/ (4)/ (4)4
GA-RM [24]/ (7)/ (6)7
GA-PLM [24]/ (5)/ (5)5
GA-NUM [24]/ (6)/ (7)6
GA-MNUM [24]/ (3)/ (3)3
GA-PM [24]/ (8)/ (8)8
PEO [22] (2) (2)2

0 (min)IRPEO (3) (3) 3
GA-ADM [24]/ (1)/ (1)1
GA-RM [24]/ (5)/ (5)5
GA-PLM [24]/ (4)/ (4)4
GA-NUM [24]/ (6)/ (6)6
GA-MNUM [24]/ (1)/ (1)1
GA-PM [24]/ (7)/ (7)7

0 (min)IRPEO (3) (3) 3
GA-ADM [24]/ (1)/ (1)1
GA-RM [24]/ (6)/ (5)6
GA-PLM [24]/ (4)/ (4)4
GA-NUM [24]/ (5)/ (6)5
GA-MNUM [24]/ (1)/ (1)1
GA-PM [24]/ (7)/ (7)7

0 (min)IRPEO (3) (3) 3
GA-ADM [24]/ (1)/ (1)1
GA-RM [24]/ (6)/ (6)6
GA-PLM [24]/ (4)/ (4)4
GA-NUM [24]/ (5)/ (5)5
GA-MNUM [24]/ (1)/ (1)1
GA-PM [24]/ (7)/ (7)7

0 (min)IRPEO (3) (3) 3
GA-ADM [24]/ (1)/ (1)1
GA-RM [24]/ (5)/ (5)5
GA-PLM [24]/ (4)/ (4)4
GA-NUM [24]/ (6)/ (6)6
GA-MNUM [24]/ (1)/ (1)1
GA-PM [24]/ (7)/ (7)7