• DocumentCode
    3863514
  • Title

    The variants of harmony search algorithm: Statistical comparison

  • Author

    Mohammed Salem;Mohamed Fay?al Khelfi

  • Author_Institution
    Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Mustapha Stambouli University, Mascara, Algeria
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    This paper is dedicated to present an overview of harmony search algorithm and its main variants based on parameters settings updating and hybridization. The considered algorithms are compared via Wilcoxon and Friedman nonparametric tests using benchmark functions. Statistical comparison highlights the Global best harmony search as the best variant.
  • Keywords
    "Optimization","Benchmark testing","Heuristic algorithms","Algorithm design and analysis","Harmonic analysis","Sociology","Statistics"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Complex Systems (WCCS), 2015 Third World Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICoCS.2015.7483245
  • Filename
    7483245