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
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"
Conference_Titel :
Complex Systems (WCCS), 2015 Third World Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ICoCS.2015.7483245
