A Novel Adaptive Elite-Based Particle Swarm Optimization Applied to VAR Optimization in Electric Power Systems

Table 7

Performance of different methods used to minimize 𝑓₄ based on 10 simulation results (convergence tolerance = 0.001).

		Proposed method	PSO	CPSO	DE	GA
Shortest time	𝑓4	0.000926	0.000865	—	0.000963	0.000732
	Iterations	329	410	—	467	5604
	Time (s)	0.0698	0.0354	—	0.4140	313.2481
Mean	𝑓4	0.000956	0.000946	—	0.000944	0.000915
	Iterations	380.9	424.5	—	490.2	6222.1
	Time (s)	0.0775	0.0368	—	0.4371	322.7549
Longest time	𝑓4	0.000928	0.000959	—	0.000933	0.000972
	Iterations	398	431	—	503	7987
	Time (s)	0.0875	0.0397	—	0.4616	333.9159