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An innovative quadratic interpolation salp swarm-based local escape operator for large-scale global optimization problems and feature selection

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Salp swarm algorithm (SSA) is a unique swarm intelligent algorithm widely used for various practical applications due to its simple framework and good optimization performance. However, like other swarm-based algorithms, SSA yields local optimal solutions and has a slow convergence rate and low solution accuracy when dealing with high-dimensional global optimization problems. Based on quadratic interpolation and a local escape operator (LEO), a salp swarm optimization algorithm (QSSALEO) is proposed to address these issues. Quadratic interpolation around the best search agent aids QSSALEO's exploitation ability and solution accuracy, whereas the local escaping operator employs random operators to escape local optima. These tactics complement one another to help SSA promote convergence performance. Furthermore, the algorithm strives for a balance of exploitation and exploration. The proposed QSSALEO method was tested using the CEC 2017 benchmark with 50 and 100 decision variables, as well as seven CEC2008lsgo test functions with 200, 500, and 1000 decision variables, and its performance was compared to that of other metaheuristic algorithms and advanced algorithms, including seven salp swarm variants. The experimental results reveal that QSSALEO outperforms SSA and other population-based algorithms regarding convergence rate and solution correctness. The QSSALEO was then evaluated as a feature selection algorithm on 19 datasets (including three high-dimensional datasets). Friedman and Wilcoxon rank-sum statistical tests are also used to analyze the results. According to experimental data and statistical tests, the QSSALEO algorithm is very competitive and often superior to the algorithms employed in research. Therefore, the proposed method can also be considered a specialized large-scale global optimization optimizer whose performance surpasses state-of-the-art algorithms such as CMA-ES and SHADE. The algorithm source code is available at https://github.com/MohammedQaraad/An-Innovative-Quadratic-interpolation-Salp-Swarm.

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Appendix

Appendix

1.1 Appendix 1. Comparison results of the QSSALEO on unimodal functions with traditional algorithms during 2500 iterations.

Fun

D

Criteria

CSO

SSA

PSO

WOA

BAT

HHO

SCA

MFO

QSSALEO

F1

50

Avg

1.802E+12

3.972E+09

1.523E+11

1.162E+10

1.358E+12

7.099E+11

5.275E+11

4.880E+11

4.012E+03

  

Std

2.192E+11

2.537E+09

4.952E+10

4.472E+09

3.237E+10

7.922E+10

5.719E+10

1.969E+11

2.537E+09

  

Med

1.779E+12

3.430E+09

1.549E+11

1.010E+10

7.765E+10

7.318E+11

5.219E+11

5.181E+11

5.181E+11

 

100

Avg

4.618E+12

2.357E+11

1.125E+12

2.261E+11

3.489E+12

2.066E+12

1.871E+12

1.377E+12

7.085E+03

  

Std

2.631E+11

4.572E+10

1.857E+11

4.430E+10

4.693E+11

1.210E+11

1.249E+11

5.616E+11

8.378E+03

  

Med

4.584E+12

2.345E+11

1.154E+12

2.308E+11

3.454E+12

2.080E+12

1.855E+12

1.344E+12

1.344E+12

F2

50

Avg

7.261E+05

1.122E+05

1.630E+05

1.931E+05

4.182E+06

2.035E+05

1.457E+05

3.009E+05

1.588E+04

  

Std

1.585E+06

2.506E+04

2.967E+04

6.001E+04

1.505E+04

2.757E+04

2.341E+04

1.047E+05

2.341E+04

  

Med

3.806E+05

1.095E+05

1.616E+05

1.825E+05

8.602E+04

2.003E+05

1.420E+05

2.793E+05

2.793E+05

 

100

Avg

9.529E+05

3.671E+05

4.689E+05

8.409E+05

5.765E+06

3.530E+05

4.085E+05

9.229E+05

1.778E+05

  

Std

3.647E+05

5.821E+04

5.168E+04

1.550E+05

1.475E+07

9.945E+03

4.767E+04

1.626E+05

1.639E+04

  

Med

8.541E+05

3.633E+05

4.553E+05

8.447E+05

1.174E+06

3.567E+05

4.085E+05

9.321E+05

9.321E+05

Rank

50

W/T/L

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

2/0/0

 

100

W/T/L

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

0/0/2

2/0/0

1.2 Appendix 2. Comparison results of the QSSALEO on multimodal functions with traditional algorithms during 2500 iterations.

Fun

D

Criteria

CSO

SSA

PSO

WOA

BAT

HHO

SCA

MFO

QSSALEO

F3

50

Avg

6.454E+04

8.077E+02

4.753E+03

1.154E+03

5.232E+04

2.114E+04

8.630E+03

5.359E+03

5.688E+02

  

Std

1.402E+04

9.771E+01

1.296E+03

1.460E+02

4.641E+02

4.230E+03

1.756E+03

3.475E+03

9.771E+01

  

Med

6.602E+04

7.918E+02

4.930E+03

1.123E+03

1.190E+03

2.077E+04

8.607E+03

4.342E+03

4.342E+03

 

100

Avg

1.942E+05

3.583E+03

2.536E+04

4.469E+03

1.381E+05

6.554E+04

3.857E+04

3.535E+04

6.998E+02

  

Std

3.139E+04

1.059E+03

3.986E+03

9.564E+02

3.221E+04

9.588E+03

6.727E+03

1.472E+04

5.576E+01

  

Med

1.911E+05

3.450E+03

2.566E+04

4.359E+03

1.314E+05

6.742E+04

3.837E+04

3.418E+04

3.418E+04

F4

50

Avg

1.481E+03

8.506E+02

9.740E+02

9.764E+02

1.176E+03

9.511E+02

1.092E+03

9.908E+02

8.515E+02

  

Std

6.610E+01

7.137E+01

6.156E+01

7.472E+01

4.057E+01

3.603E+01

3.351E+01

9.151E+01

3.351E+01

  

Med

1.486E+03

8.457E+02

9.729E+02

9.589E+02

7.339E+02

9.484E+02

1.095E+03

9.703E+02

9.703E+02

 

100

Avg

2.677E+03

1.544E+03

1.793E+03

1.732E+03

2.151E+03

1.694E+03

1.970E+03

1.873E+03

1.357E+03

  

Std

1.150E+02

1.023E+02

7.583E+01

1.425E+02

1.643E+02

5.982E+01

6.461E+01

1.622E+02

6.113E+01

  

Med

2.683E+03

1.523E+03

1.801E+03

1.732E+03

2.158E+03

1.687E+03

1.985E+03

1.870E+03

1.870E+03

F5

50

Avg

7.741E+02

6.839E+02

6.848E+02

7.185E+02

7.118E+02

7.021E+02

6.998E+02

6.894E+02

6.748E+02

  

Std

1.194E+01

1.113E+01

8.197E+00

1.568E+01

1.041E+01

6.522E+00

5.907E+00

1.282E+01

5.907E+00

  

Med

7.734E+02

6.834E+02

6.856E+02

7.190E+02

6.340E+02

7.025E+02

6.981E+02

6.871E+02

6.871E+02

 

100

Avg

7.678E+02

6.909E+02

7.041E+02

7.110E+02

7.114E+02

6.936E+02

7.138E+02

7.023E+02

6.754E+02

  

Std

8.654E+00

6.891E+00

6.701E+00

1.162E+01

1.231E+01

4.320E+00

6.984E+00

1.044E+01

4.185E+00

  

Med

7.686E+02

6.913E+02

7.036E+02

7.073E+02

7.092E+02

6.939E+02

7.141E+02

7.011E+02

7.011E+02

F6

50

Avg

4.077E+03

1.483E+03

1.515E+03

1.791E+03

3.003E+03

1.750E+03

1.707E+03

2.173E+03

1.345E+03

  

Std

2.826E+02

1.626E+02

7.016E+01

9.950E+01

1.004E+02

5.799E+01

7.866E+01

5.200E+02

5.799E+01

  

Med

4.111E+03

1.435E+03

1.496E+03

1.780E+03

1.098E+03

1.773E+03

1.714E+03

2.121E+03

2.121E+03

 

100

Avg

9.061E+03

3.304E+03

3.181E+03

3.568E+03

6.129E+03

3.336E+03

3.715E+03

5.403E+03

2.661E+03

  

Std

5.728E+02

1.799E+02

1.606E+02

1.834E+02

1.153E+03

9.997E+01

1.548E+02

9.758E+02

2.677E+02

  

Med

9.076E+03

3.317E+03

3.210E+03

3.572E+03

5.834E+03

3.356E+03

3.698E+03

5.675E+03

5.675E+03

F7

50

Avg

1.772E+03

1.185E+03

1.250E+03

1.253E+03

1.746E+03

1.206E+03

1.406E+03

1.403E+03

1.161E+03

  

Std

7.072E+01

7.845E+01

5.276E+01

5.448E+01

8.739E+01

3.710E+01

3.010E+01

7.913E+01

3.010E+01

  

Med

1.774E+03

1.179E+03

1.246E+03

1.255E+03

1.037E+03

1.200E+03

1.411E+03

1.373E+03

1.373E+03

 

100

Avg

3.134E+03

1.967E+03

2.134E+03

2.094E+03

3.010E+03

2.017E+03

2.339E+03

2.570E+03

1.770E+03

  

Std

1.110E+02

1.107E+02

9.283E+01

1.228E+02

1.707E+02

6.178E+01

7.515E+01

1.904E+02

8.575E+01

  

Med

3.110E+03

1.989E+03

2.095E+03

2.098E+03

2.965E+03

2.015E+03

2.342E+03

2.561E+03

2.561E+03

F8

50

Avg

7.208E+04

1.486E+04

1.990E+04

2.848E+04

1.649E+04

1.488E+04

2.573E+04

1.867E+04

1.093E+04

  

Std

1.002E+04

3.043E+03

3.964E+03

8.005E+03

4.102E+03

1.171E+03

4.033E+03

5.450E+03

1.171E+03

  

Med

7.268E+04

1.459E+04

2.026E+04

2.641E+04

1.189E+04

1.463E+04

2.542E+04

1.782E+04

1.782E+04

 

100

Avg

1.631E+05

3.950E+04

6.715E+04

5.839E+04

3.398E+04

3.209E+04

8.236E+04

5.090E+04

2.319E+04

  

Std

1.543E+04

5.132E+03

9.643E+03

1.183E+04

6.300E+03

2.894E+03

8.021E+03

7.859E+03

1.293E+03

  

Med

1.645E+05

3.988E+04

6.611E+04

5.779E+04

3.335E+04

3.143E+04

8.189E+04

5.055E+04

5.055E+04

F9

50

Avg

1.570E+04

8.175E+03

1.457E+04

1.194E+04

1.147E+04

1.140E+04

1.502E+04

8.900E+03

8.472E+03

  

Std

5.936E+02

8.483E+02

7.082E+02

1.400E+03

2.588E+03

1.303E+03

3.663E+02

1.228E+03

3.663E+02

  

Med

1.578E+04

8.008E+03

1.469E+04

1.196E+04

7.076E+03

1.111E+04

1.506E+04

8.895E+03

8.895E+03

 

100

Avg

3.342E+04

2.000E+04

3.214E+04

2.595E+04

2.674E+04

2.582E+04

3.221E+04

1.880E+04

1.648E+04

  

Std

6.980E+02

1.647E+03

5.891E+02

2.259E+03

2.088E+03

1.789E+03

5.919E+02

2.304E+03

2.099E+03

  

Med

3.346E+04

2.008E+04

3.213E+04

2.589E+04

2.718E+04

2.579E+04

3.238E+04

1.934E+04

1.934E+04

Rank

50

W/T/L

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

7/0/0

 

100

W/T/L

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

7/0/0

1.3 Appendix 3. Comparison results of the QSSALEO on hybrid functions with traditional algorithms during 2500 iterations.

Fun

D

Criteria

CSO

SSA

PSO

WOA

BAT

HHO

SCA

MFO

QSSALEO

F10

50

Avg

4.977E+04

2.524E+03

4.505E+03

2.783E+03

9.222E+04

1.637E+04

8.829E+03

2.228E+04

1.374E+03

  

Std

1.426E+04

5.261E+02

1.191E+03

6.232E+02

1.923E+03

2.679E+03

1.956E+03

1.646E+04

5.261E+02

  

Med

4.817E+04

2.402E+03

4.120E+03

2.677E+03

4.662E+03

1.719E+04

8.579E+03

1.725E+04

1.725E+04

 

100

Avg

7.992E+05

6.706E+04

1.168E+05

1.521E+05

2.214E+06

2.649E+05

1.200E+05

1.727E+05

3.281E+03

  

Std

1.864E+06

1.481E+04

1.748E+04

7.024E+04

6.540E+06

8.548E+04

2.047E+04

9.759E+04

4.422E+02

  

Med

4.337E+05

6.856E+04

1.196E+05

1.350E+05

5.923E+05

2.352E+05

1.244E+05

1.781E+05

1.781E+05

F11

50

Avg

8.715E+11

2.843E+09

3.763E+10

6.611E+09

7.070E+11

3.838E+11

1.224E+11

6.277E+10

2.381E+08

  

Std

2.132E+11

2.641E+09

1.675E+10

3.649E+09

1.301E+10

1.112E+11

2.931E+10

4.455E+10

2.641E+09

  

Med

8.373E+11

1.834E+09

3.448E+10

5.755E+09

5.699E+09

3.967E+11

1.243E+11

4.834E+10

4.834E+10

 

100

Avg

2.331E+12

2.004E+10

2.434E+11

3.298E+10

2.046E+12

1.161E+12

6.433E+11

4.275E+11

1.163E+09

  

Std

3.823E+11

1.024E+10

6.763E+10

1.166E+10

3.434E+11

1.960E+11

1.067E+11

2.547E+11

4.515E+08

  

Med

2.388E+12

1.745E+10

2.296E+11

3.018E+10

2.077E+12

1.155E+12

6.304E+11

4.361E+11

4.361E+11

F12

50

Avg

5.714E+11

1.136E+05

5.642E+09

1.795E+08

4.989E+11

1.700E+11

4.212E+10

2.332E+10

1.287E+05

  

Std

2.047E+11

6.688E+04

3.459E+09

2.499E+08

1.131E+09

1.173E+11

1.563E+10

2.875E+10

6.688E+04

  

Med

5.895E+11

9.423E+04

4.518E+09

1.125E+08

1.139E+09

1.409E+11

3.750E+10

7.490E+09

7.490E+09

 

100

Avg

7.046E+11

1.524E+05

4.485E+10

5.507E+08

5.809E+11

2.978E+11

1.281E+11

9.287E+10

7.008E+04

  

Std

1.292E+11

1.410E+05

1.536E+10

2.991E+08

1.360E+11

4.924E+10

2.388E+10

6.045E+10

2.202E+04

  

Med

7.308E+11

9.138E+04

4.148E+10

4.556E+08

5.975E+11

2.820E+11

1.311E+11

8.116E+10

8.116E+10

F13

50

Avg

1.342E+08

7.774E+05

1.179E+06

2.292E+06

1.390E+08

3.041E+07

4.860E+06

2.360E+06

1.231E+05

  

Std

9.520E+07

7.672E+05

1.201E+06

1.707E+06

8.484E+05

3.166E+07

3.373E+06

4.014E+06

7.672E+05

  

Med

1.040E+08

5.727E+05

6.766E+05

2.127E+06

6.438E+05

1.999E+07

3.737E+06

1.033E+06

1.033E+06

 

100

Avg

2.689E+08

1.015E+07

1.276E+07

1.029E+07

2.436E+08

3.207E+07

3.700E+07

2.777E+07

5.794E+05

  

Std

1.285E+08

7.267E+06

8.654E+06

4.329E+06

1.670E+08

1.779E+07

1.534E+07

3.425E+07

2.885E+05

  

Med

2.455E+08

9.230E+06

9.528E+06

1.029E+07

2.103E+08

2.967E+07

3.385E+07

1.473E+07

1.473E+07

F14

50

Avg

1.547E+11

6.185E+04

1.030E+08

2.669E+07

1.083E+11

1.938E+10

6.003E+09

1.531E+09

6.209E+04

  

Std

6.306E+10

3.138E+04

9.247E+07

4.638E+07

1.330E+09

1.468E+10

2.984E+09

2.910E+09

3.138E+04

  

Med

1.464E+11

5.368E+04

6.167E+07

6.974E+06

5.678E+06

1.708E+10

5.575E+09

3.652E+05

3.652E+05

 

100

Avg

3.141E+11

8.790E+04

2.040E+09

9.488E+07

2.981E+11

1.247E+11

4.045E+10

2.984E+10

5.427E+04

  

Std

7.472E+10

5.068E+04

1.144E+09

1.103E+08

7.629E+10

3.283E+10

1.013E+10

2.845E+10

1.926E+04

  

Med

3.150E+11

7.396E+04

1.743E+09

5.970E+07

2.976E+11

1.273E+11

4.085E+10

2.127E+10

2.127E+10

F15

50

Avg

1.128E+04

4.004E+03

4.502E+03

5.516E+03

1.005E+04

7.402E+03

5.859E+03

4.471E+03

3.990E+03

  

Std

1.748E+03

5.624E+02

6.527E+02

8.221E+02

5.171E+02

1.753E+03

4.389E+02

5.127E+02

4.389E+02

  

Med

1.087E+04

3.842E+03

4.574E+03

5.421E+03

3.145E+03

7.033E+03

5.916E+03

4.468E+03

4.468E+03

 

100

Avg

3.115E+04

8.345E+03

1.185E+04

1.382E+04

2.548E+04

1.856E+04

1.377E+04

8.614E+03

6.761E+03

  

Std

5.042E+03

9.769E+02

1.048E+03

1.868E+03

4.655E+03

3.387E+03

8.264E+02

9.457E+02

8.469E+02

  

Med

2.938E+04

8.336E+03

1.164E+04

1.338E+04

2.582E+04

1.778E+04

1.365E+04

8.634E+03

8.634E+03

F16

50

Avg

1.184E+05

3.658E+03

3.427E+03

4.193E+03

1.482E+05

5.216E+03

4.710E+03

4.535E+03

3.402E+03

  

Std

1.634E+05

3.799E+02

3.704E+02

4.726E+02

2.495E+02

1.085E+03

2.911E+02

1.526E+03

2.911E+02

  

Med

7.325E+04

3.568E+03

3.375E+03

4.113E+03

2.855E+03

4.952E+03

4.716E+03

4.182E+03

4.182E+03

 

100

Avg

3.547E+07

6.352E+03

7.671E+03

9.070E+03

2.913E+07

1.246E+06

3.178E+04

1.396E+04

5.870E+03

  

Std

3.877E+07

7.095E+02

7.814E+02

1.455E+03

2.968E+07

1.707E+06

3.442E+04

8.849E+03

7.443E+02

  

Med

2.106E+07

6.446E+03

7.626E+03

8.740E+03

1.565E+07

7.740E+05

1.758E+04

1.028E+04

1.028E+04

F17

50

Avg

3.569E+08

5.877E+06

7.889E+06

1.633E+07

4.527E+08

7.121E+07

2.754E+07

1.294E+07

9.575E+05

  

Std

2.342E+08

4.167E+06

5.373E+06

1.274E+07

1.130E+07

4.117E+07

1.397E+07

1.501E+07

4.167E+06

  

Med

3.408E+08

4.547E+06

6.203E+06

1.167E+07

3.500E+06

5.392E+07

2.351E+07

9.159E+06

9.159E+06

 

100

Avg

6.341E+08

9.402E+06

1.277E+07

6.782E+06

5.800E+08

4.460E+07

6.887E+07

1.558E+07

1.043E+06

  

Std

2.607E+08

6.544E+06

5.676E+06

3.344E+06

3.754E+08

2.905E+07

2.736E+07

2.202E+07

4.230E+05

  

Med

5.907E+08

6.943E+06

1.191E+07

5.771E+06

4.783E+08

3.940E+07

6.400E+07

8.656E+06

8.656E+06

F18

50

Avg

7.482E+10

1.854E+07

1.567E+08

2.907E+07

1.795E+04

7.659E+09

3.744E+09

8.190E+08

4.147E+06

  

Std

2.695E+10

1.984E+07

2.194E+08

6.049E+07

8.186E+07

8.203E+09

1.666E+09

2.304E+09

3.705E+03

  

Med

7.234E+10

8.922E+06

6.868E+07

1.058E+07

5.009E+06

6.083E+09

3.407E+09

3.988E+07

3.988E+07

 

100

Avg

3.435E+11

9.470E+07

6.097E+09

1.340E+08

2.906E+11

1.260E+11

3.739E+10

2.363E+10

2.529E+07

  

Std

9.166E+10

9.252E+07

2.139E+09

9.164E+07

8.846E+10

3.809E+10

1.217E+10

2.550E+10

1.619E+07

  

Med

3.490E+11

5.832E+07

6.007E+09

1.107E+08

3.066E+11

1.233E+11

3.662E+10

1.716E+10

1.716E+10

F19

50

Avg

4.480E+03

3.212E+03

3.812E+03

3.765E+03

4.237E+03

3.522E+03

4.007E+03

3.843E+03

3.036E+03

  

Std

2.392E+02

2.869E+02

3.241E+02

3.512E+02

4.889E+02

2.806E+02

1.611E+02

2.922E+02

1.611E+02

  

Med

4.499E+03

3.235E+03

3.884E+03

3.813E+03

3.144E+03

3.596E+03

4.007E+03

3.797E+03

3.797E+03

 

100

Avg

8.150E+03

5.317E+03

7.362E+03

6.475E+03

6.527E+03

6.129E+03

7.480E+03

5.832E+03

5.325E+03

  

Std

3.363E+02

4.961E+02

3.151E+02

6.275E+02

6.295E+02

4.514E+02

2.955E+02

4.978E+02

5.837E+02

  

Med

8.178E+03

5.350E+03

7.378E+03

6.457E+03

6.365E+03

6.080E+03

7.518E+03

5.983E+03

5.983E+03

Rank

50

W/T/L

0/0/10

2/0/8

0/0/9

0/0/10

1/0/9

0/0/10

0/0/10

0/0/10

7/0/3

 

100

W/T/L

0/0/10

0/0/10

0/0/10

0/0/10

0/0/10

0/0/10

0/0/10

0/0/10

10/0/0

1.4 Appendix 4. Comparison results of the QSSALEO on composite functions with traditional algorithms during 2500 iterations.

Fun

D

Criteria

CSO

SSA

PSO

WOA

BAT

HHO

SCA

MFO

QSSALEO

F20

50

Avg

3.427E+03

2.634E+03

2.813E+03

2.959E+03

3.151E+03

3.035E+03

2.908E+03

2.788E+03

2.655E+03

  

Std

1.339E+02

6.514E+01

4.596E+01

1.013E+02

5.125E+01

8.516E+01

4.460E+01

7.420E+01

4.460E+01

  

Med

3.413E+03

2.646E+03

2.819E+03

2.953E+03

2.530E+03

3.014E+03

2.903E+03

2.781E+03

2.781E+03

 

100

Avg

5.221E+03

3.489E+03

3.889E+03

4.235E+03

4.984E+03

4.576E+03

4.048E+03

3.761E+03

3.384E+03

  

Std

2.371E+02

1.552E+02

1.080E+02

1.535E+02

2.372E+02

2.392E+02

9.891E+01

1.518E+02

1.706E+02

  

Med

5.229E+03

3.477E+03

3.885E+03

4.210E+03

5.022E+03

4.536E+03

4.042E+03

3.743E+03

3.743E+03

F21

50

Avg

1.753E+04

1.046E+04

1.593E+04

1.327E+04

1.390E+04

1.340E+04

1.665E+04

1.049E+04

9.609E+03

  

Std

6.786E+02

1.850E+03

1.745E+03

1.324E+03

2.528E+03

1.208E+03

4.319E+02

1.010E+03

4.319E+02

  

Med

1.746E+04

1.031E+04

1.639E+04

1.348E+04

8.790E+03

1.333E+04

1.674E+04

1.068E+04

1.068E+04

 

100

Avg

3.570E+04

2.277E+04

3.444E+04

2.934E+04

2.901E+04

2.881E+04

3.462E+04

2.074E+04

1.959E+04

  

Std

5.994E+02

3.944E+03

9.004E+02

1.442E+03

2.140E+03

1.822E+03

4.825E+02

1.812E+03

1.632E+03

  

Med

3.570E+04

2.305E+04

3.454E+04

2.931E+04

2.952E+04

2.889E+04

3.470E+04

2.074E+04

2.074E+04

F22

50

Avg

4.941E+03

3.165E+03

3.443E+03

3.721E+03

4.618E+03

4.234E+03

3.590E+03

3.231E+03

3.177E+03

  

Std

3.582E+02

9.977E+01

8.097E+01

1.883E+02

9.548E+01

2.132E+02

7.492E+01

7.564E+01

7.492E+01

  

Med

4.972E+03

3.147E+03

3.451E+03

3.751E+03

2.989E+03

4.207E+03

3.578E+03

3.219E+03

3.219E+03

 

100

Avg

7.841E+03

4.052E+03

4.883E+03

5.034E+03

6.516E+03

6.155E+03

5.047E+03

3.957E+03

3.743E+03

  

Std

7.697E+02

1.924E+02

1.603E+02

2.216E+02

3.222E+02

4.134E+02

1.198E+02

1.533E+02

2.105E+02

  

Med

7.832E+03

4.022E+03

4.898E+03

5.037E+03

6.491E+03

6.006E+03

5.038E+03

3.954E+03

3.954E+03

F23

50

Avg

5.453E+03

3.294E+03

3.664E+03

3.776E+03

4.864E+03

4.496E+03

3.775E+03

3.246E+03

3.239E+03

  

Std

5.384E+02

9.187E+01

7.984E+01

1.723E+02

1.376E+02

2.405E+02

6.064E+01

5.091E+01

5.091E+01

  

Med

5.434E+03

3.270E+03

3.653E+03

3.773E+03

3.165E+03

4.486E+03

3.768E+03

3.243E+03

3.243E+03

 

100

Avg

1.358E+04

4.789E+03

6.537E+03

6.260E+03

1.032E+04

9.445E+03

6.884E+03

4.592E+03

4.264E+03

  

Std

1.151E+03

2.263E+02

4.259E+02

4.944E+02

9.426E+02

8.380E+02

2.341E+02

2.120E+02

2.201E+02

  

Med

1.364E+04

4.819E+03

6.486E+03

6.232E+03

1.026E+04

9.267E+03

6.929E+03

4.543E+03

4.543E+03

F24

50

Avg

3.193E+04

3.312E+03

5.748E+03

3.487E+03

2.509E+04

1.017E+04

7.382E+03

6.354E+03

3.061E+03

  

Std

6.108E+03

8.815E+01

6.977E+02

1.335E+02

4.286E+02

9.735E+02

7.762E+02

3.849E+03

8.815E+01

  

Med

3.259E+04

3.290E+03

5.652E+03

3.462E+03

3.608E+03

1.011E+04

7.134E+03

4.698E+03

4.698E+03

 

100

Avg

7.226E+04

6.001E+03

1.180E+04

5.585E+03

4.748E+04

1.972E+04

1.795E+04

1.252E+04

3.382E+03

  

Std

1.133E+04

6.119E+02

1.334E+03

4.327E+02

9.318E+03

1.592E+03

2.090E+03

4.562E+03

5.809E+01

  

Med

7.154E+04

6.000E+03

1.169E+04

5.534E+03

4.604E+04

1.981E+04

1.746E+04

1.161E+04

1.161E+04

F25

50

Avg

2.574E+04

8.186E+03

1.085E+04

1.398E+04

2.165E+04

1.492E+04

1.282E+04

9.048E+03

6.538E+03

  

Std

2.820E+03

2.675E+03

7.221E+02

1.215E+03

7.765E+02

7.011E+02

4.847E+02

8.458E+02

4.847E+02

  

Med

2.562E+04

8.475E+03

1.081E+04

1.417E+04

6.629E+03

1.479E+04

1.277E+04

8.941E+03

8.941E+03

 

100

Avg

7.546E+04

2.530E+04

2.923E+04

3.408E+04

6.918E+04

4.500E+04

3.764E+04

2.067E+04

2.020E+04

  

Std

5.348E+03

4.351E+03

2.092E+03

3.802E+03

1.012E+04

2.540E+03

2.281E+03

1.936E+03

6.508E+03

  

Med

7.575E+04

2.565E+04

2.881E+04

3.385E+04

6.804E+04

4.505E+04

3.723E+04

2.098E+04

2.098E+04

F26

50

Avg

8.007E+03

3.878E+03

4.606E+03

4.286E+03

3.200E+03

6.351E+03

4.579E+03

3.646E+03

3.778E+03

  

Std

1.113E+03

1.688E+02

1.867E+02

4.691E+02

1.018E+02

9.094E+02

1.743E+02

1.230E+02

6.401E−05

  

Med

8.130E+03

3.864E+03

4.684E+03

4.151E+03

3.640E+03

6.339E+03

4.608E+03

3.658E+03

3.658E+03

 

100

Avg

1.535E+04

4.561E+03

6.511E+03

5.236E+03

3.200E+03

1.208E+04

7.791E+03

4.160E+03

3.906E+03

  

Std

1.432E+03

3.047E+02

5.675E+02

7.152E+02

8.459E−05

1.755E+03

4.410E+02

2.111E+02

2.323E+02

  

Med

1.558E+04

4.497E+03

6.428E+03

5.039E+03

3.200E+03

1.225E+04

7.798E+03

4.106E+03

4.106E+03

F27

50

Avg

1.849E+04

3.831E+03

5.611E+03

4.264E+03

3.300E+03

9.891E+03

7.310E+03

8.507E+03

3.304E+03

  

Std

2.195E+03

2.585E+02

5.386E+02

2.741E+02

5.211E+02

8.839E+02

6.693E+02

1.117E+03

3.661E−05

  

Med

1.847E+04

3.751E+03

5.717E+03

4.245E+03

4.404E+03

9.849E+03

7.295E+03

8.865E+03

8.865E+03

 

100

Avg

5.591E+04

7.751E+03

1.334E+04

7.187E+03

3.300E+03

2.330E+04

2.254E+04

2.047E+04

3.465E+03

  

Std

5.302E+03

1.443E+03

1.805E+03

6.741E+02

7.431E−05

1.568E+03

1.785E+03

3.778E+03

4.584E+01

  

Med

5.688E+04

7.911E+03

1.331E+04

7.025E+03

3.300E+03

2.346E+04

2.219E+04

2.041E+04

2.041E+04

F28

50

Avg

7.208E+05

6.262E+03

7.035E+03

8.313E+03

4.121E+05

2.819E+04

8.007E+03

5.752E+03

6.257E+03

  

Std

1.062E+06

7.372E+02

8.103E+02

9.872E+02

3.547E+02

2.448E+04

8.454E+02

6.151E+02

6.151E+02

  

Med

2.641E+05

6.215E+03

7.157E+03

8.264E+03

4.812E+03

1.969E+04

7.943E+03

5.622E+03

5.622E+03

 

100

Avg

3.164E+06

1.260E+04

1.537E+04

1.650E+04

3.323E+06

1.641E+05

2.357E+04

4.639E+04

1.081E+04

  

Std

2.341E+06

1.667E+03

2.083E+03

2.669E+03

4.187E+06

1.030E+05

6.140E+03

1.041E+05

7.850E+02

  

Med

2.692E+06

1.269E+04

1.523E+04

1.597E+04

1.585E+06

1.320E+05

2.191E+04

1.253E+04

1.253E+04

F29

50

Avg

1.044E+11

5.302E+08

8.971E+08

5.825E+08

8.860E+10

1.247E+10

6.105E+09

1.866E+09

1.799E+08

  

Std

4.397E+10

2.303E+08

5.753E+08

3.097E+08

2.399E+08

7.920E+09

1.983E+09

3.894E+09

2.303E+08

  

Med

9.897E+10

5.117E+08

7.147E+08

5.299E+08

3.399E+08

9.554E+09

6.234E+09

1.181E+08

1.181E+08

 

100

Avg

5.255E+11

1.798E+09

2.074E+10

2.898E+09

4.476E+11

2.123E+11

7.870E+10

3.784E+10

4.415E+08

  

Std

9.543E+10

1.024E+09

7.127E+09

1.296E+09

1.014E+11

6.481E+10

1.681E+10

2.535E+10

1.901E+08

  

Med

5.224E+11

1.593E+09

1.913E+10

2.536E+09

4.301E+11

2.088E+11

7.572E+10

3.375E+10

3.375E+10

Rank

50

W/T/L

0/0/10

2/0/9

0/0/10

0/0/10

2/0/8

0/0/10

0/0/10

1/0/9

4/0/6

 

100

W/T/L

0/0/10

0/0/10

0/0/10

0/0/10

2/0/8

0/0/10

0/0/10

0/0/10

8/0/2

1.5 Appendix 5. Overall effectiveness OE of the QSSALEO with traditional algorithms.

Dimensions

Criteria

CSO

SSA

PSO

WOA

BAT

HHO

SCA

MFO

QSSALEO

50

W/T/L

0/0/29

4/0/25

0/0/29

0/0/29

2/0/27

0/0/29

0/0/29

1/0/28

22/0/7

 

OE

0%

13.79%

0%

0%

6.89%

0%

0%

3.44%

75.68%

100

W/T/L

0/0/29

0/0/29

0/0/29

0/0/29

2/0/27

0/0/29

0/0/29

0/0/29

27/0/2

 

OE

0%

0%

0%

0%

6.89%

0%

0%

0%

93.10%

1.6 Appendix 6. Wilcoxon rank-sum (p value) of the QSSALEO versus other traditional algorithms on CEC2017 with 50 and 100 dimensions.

Fun

D

CSO

SSA

PSO

WOA

BAT

HHO

SCA

MFO

F1

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F2

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F3

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F4

50

< 0.05

0.738113285

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F5

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.7616

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.7616

F6

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F7

50

< 0.05

0.222170531

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F8

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F9

50

< 0.05

0.129455778

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.104139005

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F10

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F11

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F12

50

< 0.05

0.591599389

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F13

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F14

50

< 0.05

0.591599389

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F15

50

< 0.05

0.993795993

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F16

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.680259258

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F17

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F18

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F19

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

0.968987463

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F20

50

< 0.05

0.396691029

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F21

50

< 0.05

0.205001323

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.065354024

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F22

50

< 0.05

0.797490352

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F23

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.423194286

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F24

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F25

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.114460738

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.137504391

F26

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F27

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F28

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.528807429

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F29

50

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.240345789

 

100

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

1.7 Appendix 7. Summary of Freidman test results on CEC2017’s test functions with dimensions 50 and 100

Algorithm

Dimension

Average rank

Overall rank

CSO

50

8.69

9

 

100

8.74

9

SSA

50

2.43

2

 

100

2.63

2

PSO

50

4.35

4

 

100

4.71

5

WOA

50

4.57

5

 

100

4.21

3

BAT

50

7.04

8

 

100

7.10

8

HHO

50

6.21

7

 

100

5.89

6

SCA

50

5.90

6

 

100

6.10

7

MFO

50

4.13

3

 

100

4.35

4

QSSALEO

50

1.68

1

 

100

1.27

1

1.8 Appendix 8. Comparison results of the QSSALEO with some recent algorithms during 2500 iterations.

F

Cr

RW-GWO

HI-WOA

LNIMRA

PPSO-W

PPSO

LJA

CPSO

WFOA

QSSALEO

F1

Avg

1.283E+10

1.639E+12

2.382E+12

1.236E+09

2.568E+09

3.316E+12

3.974E+12

2.408E+12

7.085E+03

 

Std

2.567E+09

1.217E+11

1.466E+11

3.238E+09

4.371E+09

6.474E+11

6.825E+11

1.396E+11

8.378E+03

 

Med

1.297E+10

1.647E+12

2.413E+12

2.363E+08

9.568E+08

3.319E+12

4.158E+12

2.387E+12

2.387E+12

F2

Avg

8.560E+05

3.571E+05

2.902E+05

1.844E+05

1.638E+05

1.387E+06

7.775E+05

2.662E+12

1.778E+05

 

Std

3.065E+05

5.043E+03

2.219E+04

9.234E+04

2.757E+04

4.888E+05

1.057E+05

9.576E+12

1.639E+04

 

Med

8.032E+05

3.587E+05

2.909E+05

1.545E+05

1.588E+05

1.283E+06

7.583E+05

1.020E+11

1.020E+11

F3

Avg

1.354E+03

4.421E+04

6.852E+04

9.558E+02

9.868E+02

1.203E+05

1.322E+05

9.222E+04

6.998E+02

 

Std

1.436E+02

7.350E+03

1.232E+04

9.083E+01

8.877E+01

3.887E+04

3.573E+04

1.338E+04

5.576E+01

 

Med

1.321E+03

4.412E+04

7.115E+04

9.397E+02

9.712E+02

1.097E+05

1.387E+05

8.903E+04

8.903E+04

F4

Avg

1.522E+03

1.890E+03

1.902E+03

1.411E+03

1.393E+03

2.291E+03

2.390E+03

2.142E+03

1.357E+03

 

Std

8.857E+01

9.198E+01

4.734E+01

7.814E+01

6.824E+01

1.354E+02

1.340E+02

5.432E+01

6.113E+01

 

Med

1.523E+03

1.859E+03

1.917E+03

1.398E+03

1.393E+03

2.264E+03

2.393E+03

2.146E+03

2.146E+03

F5

Avg

6.941E+02

7.119E+02

7.103E+02

6.825E+02

6.840E+02

7.367E+02

7.481E+02

7.265E+02

6.754E+02

 

Std

5.657E+00

6.237E+00

3.656E+00

4.936E+00

5.342E+00

7.214E+00

1.782E+01

4.667E+00

4.185E+00

 

Med

6.950E+02

7.121E+02

7.106E+02

6.818E+02

6.858E+02

7.369E+02

7.504E+02

7.266E+02

7.266E+02

F6

Avg

3.038E+03

3.836E+03

3.721E+03

3.219E+03

3.242E+03

5.400E+03

8.624E+03

4.114E+03

2.661E+03

 

Std

2.029E+02

7.444E+01

1.022E+02

1.687E+02

1.469E+02

1.192E+03

9.155E+02

7.442E+01

2.677E+02

 

Med

3.008E+03

3.832E+03

3.737E+03

3.248E+03

3.256E+03

5.191E+03

8.695E+03

4.100E+03

4.100E+03

F7

Avg

1.903E+03

2.222E+03

1.993E+03

2.104E+03

2.436E+03

2.643E+03

2.822E+03

2.695E+03

1.770E+03

 

Std

9.018E+01

1.216E+02

8.927E+01

1.048E+02

1.172E+02

1.653E+02

1.769E+02

6.481E+01

8.575E+01

 

Med

1.901E+03

2.177E+03

1.967E+03

2.093E+03

2.422E+03

2.645E+03

2.796E+03

2.684E+03

2.684E+03

F8

Avg

5.044E+04

6.222E+04

6.140E+04

2.768E+04

2.870E+04

1.059E+05

1.242E+05

7.671E+04

2.319E+04

 

Std

5.120E+03

5.638E+03

2.454E+03

3.207E+03

3.363E+03

1.863E+04

2.142E+04

3.589E+03

1.293E+03

 

Med

4.941E+04

6.210E+04

6.122E+04

2.717E+04

2.812E+04

1.012E+05

1.258E+05

7.665E+04

7.665E+04

F9

Avg

2.005E+04

2.969E+04

2.855E+04

1.779E+04

1.780E+04

3.234E+04

3.373E+04

3.220E+04

1.648E+04

 

Std

1.505E+03

2.138E+03

1.025E+03

1.947E+03

1.594E+03

1.126E+03

1.384E+03

1.126E+03

2.099E+03

 

Med

2.029E+04

3.008E+04

2.835E+04

1.798E+04

1.782E+04

3.224E+04

3.374E+04

3.230E+04

3.230E+04

F10

Avg

4.820E+04

1.864E+05

1.136E+05

9.601E+03

5.673E+03

5.257E+05

4.565E+05

2.820E+05

3.281E+03

 

Std

1.852E+04

2.764E+04

2.004E+04

1.270E+04

4.478E+03

2.514E+05

1.533E+05

9.170E+04

4.422E+02

 

Med

4.330E+04

1.875E+05

1.155E+05

3.971E+03

4.538E+03

5.017E+05

4.482E+05

2.680E+05

2.680E+05

F11

Avg

3.343E+09

5.684E+11

1.140E+12

3.762E+09

2.639E+09

1.591E+12

1.868E+12

1.543E+12

1.163E+09

 

Std

1.775E+09

1.086E+11

2.230E+11

5.973E+09

8.317E+09

3.155E+11

4.165E+11

1.272E+11

4.515E+08

 

Med

2.939E+09

5.577E+11

1.199E+12

1.423E+09

1.034E+09

1.596E+12

1.760E+12

1.545E+12

1.545E+12

F12

Avg

8.381E+07

1.272E+11

2.903E+11

5.017E+08

2.944E+07

4.449E+11

4.576E+11

3.755E+11

7.008E+04

 

Std

1.357E+08

2.707E+10

7.765E+10

1.497E+09

1.610E+08

1.185E+11

1.512E+11

5.350E+10

2.202E+04

 

Med

2.125E+07

1.278E+11

2.891E+11

6.610E+04

5.066E+04

4.502E+11

4.610E+11

3.790E+11

3.790E+11

F13

Avg

6.062E+06

8.733E+06

3.207E+06

4.401E+05

5.473E+05

2.060E+08

2.364E+08

6.334E+08

5.794E+05

 

Std

2.507E+06

2.985E+06

2.467E+06

3.231E+05

2.890E+05

1.672E+08

2.002E+08

4.781E+08

2.885E+05

 

Med

5.172E+06

8.186E+06

2.193E+06

3.451E+05

5.048E+05

1.667E+08

1.699E+08

5.706E+08

5.706E+08

F14

Avg

8.554E+07

5.048E+10

9.808E+10

3.906E+04

2.934E+04

2.055E+11

2.372E+11

3.011E+11

5.427E+04

 

Std

2.975E+08

1.294E+10

4.058E+10

1.568E+04

1.323E+04

7.409E+10

1.095E+11

3.875E+10

1.926E+04

 

Med

6.004E+06

5.081E+10

9.008E+10

3.610E+04

2.859E+04

1.953E+11

2.149E+11

2.916E+11

2.916E+11

F15

Avg

7.203E+03

1.711E+04

1.459E+04

6.889E+03

6.924E+03

2.066E+04

5.598E+03

2.851E+04

6.761E+03

 

Std

7.317E+02

1.579E+03

2.421E+03

8.083E+02

8.771E+02

3.459E+03

7.717E+02

2.822E+03

8.469E+02

 

Med

7.198E+03

1.677E+04

1.393E+04

6.829E+03

7.097E+03

2.014E+04

5.638E+03

2.858E+04

2.858E+04

F16

Avg

7.852E+03

3.433E+04

2.651E+05

6.391E+03

6.316E+03

9.392E+06

5.020E+03

4.567E+07

5.870E+03

 

Std

1.869E+03

3.763E+04

4.935E+05

7.105E+02

7.677E+02

2.165E+07

6.005E+02

4.060E+07

7.443E+02

 

Med

7.110E+03

2.093E+04

6.223E+04

6.289E+03

6.370E+03

2.214E+06

4.911E+03

2.441E+07

2.441E+07

F17

Avg

7.616E+06

1.365E+07

4.071E+06

7.758E+05

8.007E+05

3.662E+08

3.915E+08

2.829E+08

1.043E+06

 

Std

3.285E+06

4.283E+06

4.848E+06

1.124E+06

3.557E+05

2.281E+08

2.456E+08

2.489E+08

4.230E+05

 

Med

6.903E+06

1.312E+07

2.351E+06

4.301E+05

7.988E+05

3.167E+08

2.872E+08

2.039E+08

2.039E+08

F18

Avg

4.021E+07

4.837E+10

8.973E+10

1.315E+06

8.850E+05

1.819E+11

2.377E+11

2.910E+11

2.529E+07

 

Std

2.936E+07

1.427E+10

4.176E+10

1.786E+06

1.366E+06

8.458E+10

7.455E+10

5.335E+10

1.619E+07

 

Med

3.400E+07

4.548E+10

9.880E+10

5.597E+05

3.519E+05

1.716E+11

2.271E+11

2.765E+11

2.765E+11

F19

Avg

5.483E+03

6.429E+03

6.190E+03

5.702E+03

5.566E+03

8.098E+03

6.329E+03

7.569E+03

5.325E+03

 

Std

4.786E+02

6.004E+02

3.441E+02

6.004E+02

6.466E+02

7.048E+02

1.097E+03

5.511E+02

5.837E+02

 

Med

5.354E+03

6.308E+03

6.271E+03

5.649E+03

5.501E+03

7.957E+03

6.862E+03

7.536E+03

7.536E+03

F20

Avg

3.554E+03

4.236E+03

4.285E+03

3.847E+03

3.812E+03

4.602E+03

4.566E+03

5.040E+03

3.384E+03

 

Std

1.614E+02

1.385E+02

1.973E+02

1.663E+02

2.221E+02

2.155E+02

2.077E+02

1.822E+02

1.706E+02

 

Med

3.503E+03

4.254E+03

4.291E+03

3.780E+03

3.799E+03

4.616E+03

4.526E+03

5.015E+03

5.015E+03

F21

Avg

2.255E+04

3.142E+04

3.098E+04

2.063E+04

2.209E+04

3.426E+04

3.562E+04

3.433E+04

1.959E+04

 

Std

1.358E+03

2.372E+03

7.127E+02

1.764E+03

2.274E+03

1.347E+03

1.392E+03

1.105E+03

1.632E+03

 

Med

2.254E+04

3.085E+04

3.089E+04

2.021E+04

2.182E+04

3.408E+04

3.583E+04

3.462E+04

3.462E+04

F22

Avg

4.301E+03

5.082E+03

5.434E+03

5.213E+03

5.149E+03

5.456E+03

7.267E+03

7.447E+03

3.743E+03

 

Std

1.539E+02

3.135E+02

2.832E+02

4.471E+02

5.131E+02

2.914E+02

6.630E+02

2.726E+02

2.105E+02

 

Med

4.277E+03

5.018E+03

5.430E+03

5.204E+03

5.065E+03

5.405E+03

7.331E+03

7.430E+03

7.430E+03

F23

Avg

5.079E+03

6.639E+03

7.237E+03

8.407E+03

8.211E+03

7.857E+03

1.265E+04

1.422E+04

4.264E+03

 

Std

2.737E+02

5.539E+02

4.792E+02

1.462E+03

1.423E+03

7.851E+02

1.404E+03

1.273E+03

2.201E+02

 

Med

5.062E+03

6.609E+03

7.059E+03

8.624E+03

8.200E+03

7.861E+03

1.259E+04

1.385E+04

1.385E+04

F24

Avg

3.927E+03

1.550E+04

2.463E+04

3.544E+03

3.641E+03

4.387E+04

6.311E+04

2.752E+04

3.382E+03

 

Std

1.307E+02

1.354E+03

2.346E+03

9.074E+01

7.417E+01

1.419E+04

1.609E+04

3.029E+03

5.809E+01

 

Med

3.920E+03

1.548E+04

2.473E+04

3.536E+03

3.651E+03

3.709E+04

6.004E+04

2.701E+04

2.701E+04

F25

Avg

2.194E+04

3.931E+04

4.799E+04

2.674E+04

2.865E+04

5.010E+04

7.247E+04

6.360E+04

2.020E+04

 

Std

2.951E+03

2.136E+03

3.497E+03

7.179E+03

5.077E+03

6.769E+03

1.132E+04

2.987E+03

6.508E+03

 

Med

2.242E+04

3.892E+04

4.877E+04

2.751E+04

2.888E+04

5.076E+04

7.219E+04

6.425E+04

6.425E+04

F26

Avg

3.200E+03

7.644E+03

6.086E+03

4.683E+03

4.499E+03

1.004E+04

1.338E+04

1.824E+04

3.906E+03

 

Std

4.356E−04

7.748E+02

7.188E+02

6.605E+02

5.638E+02

1.782E+03

1.748E+03

1.885E+03

2.323E+02

 

Med

3.200E+03

7.804E+03

6.040E+03

4.544E+03

4.372E+03

9.783E+03

1.311E+04

1.819E+04

1.819E+04

F27

Avg

3.300E+03

1.610E+04

3.076E+04

3.679E+03

3.710E+03

4.096E+04

5.288E+04

1.610E+04

3.465E+03

 

Std

4.884E−04

1.157E+03

2.365E+03

2.510E+02

7.173E+01

9.127E+03

8.733E+03

1.157E+03

4.584E+01

 

Med

3.300E+03

1.615E+04

3.069E+04

3.612E+03

3.699E+03

3.956E+04

5.061E+04

1.615E+04

1.615E+04

F28

Avg

8.085E+03

3.380E+04

3.973E+04

1.065E+04

1.010E+04

9.277E+05

1.065E+04

3.380E+04

1.081E+04

 

Std

1.143E+03

1.639E+04

2.742E+04

1.343E+03

9.387E+02

1.546E+06

1.343E+03

1.639E+04

7.850E+02

 

Med

7.847E+03

3.000E+04

2.843E+04

1.055E+04

1.004E+04

3.787E+05

1.055E+04

3.000E+04

3.000E+04

F29

Avg

8.839E+07

9.920E+10

1.752E+11

7.590E+07

2.406E+07

2.806E+11

3.113E+11

1.752E+11

4.415E+08

 

Std

3.467E+07

2.465E+10

7.835E+10

2.758E+08

1.755E+07

1.041E+11

1.184E+11

7.835E+10

1.901E+08

 

Med

8.247E+07

1.019E+11

1.675E+11

1.748E+07

1.797E+07

2.512E+11

2.854E+11

1.675E+11

1.675E+11

Rank W/T/L

 

3/0/25

0/0/29

0/0/29

2/0/27

3/0/26

0/0/29

1/0/28

0/0/29

20/0/9

OE

 

13.79%

0%

0%

6.89%

13.79%

0%

3.44%

0%

68.96%

1.9 Appendix 9. Wilcoxon rank-sum of the QSSALEO versus other advanced algorithms on CEC2017.

Fun

RW-GWO

HI-WOA

LNIMRA

PPSO-W

PPSO

LJA

CPSO

WFOA

1

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

2

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

3

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

4

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.07246672

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

5

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

6

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

7

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

8

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

9

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

10

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

11

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.55977641

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

12

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.55977641

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

13

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.57029143

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

14

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

15

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.69169337

0.65761242

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

16

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.12945578

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

17

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

18

0.05882719

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

19

0.25303015

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.16873193

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

20

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

21

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.12945578

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

22

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

23

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

24

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

25

0.57029143

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

26

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

27

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

28

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.3629539

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.3629539

< 0.05

29

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

1.10 Appendix 10. Friedman test result of the QSSALEO versus other advanced algorithms on CEC2017.

Fun

RW-GWO

HI-WOA

LNIMRA

PPSO-W

PPSO

LJA

CPSO

WFOA

QSSALEO

1

3.931

5.000

6.586

2.138

2.931

8.207

6.552

8.655

1.000

2

6.759

4.931

3.897

1.897

1.828

7.793

8.828

6.621

2.448

3

3.966

5.069

6.069

2.414

2.621

8.172

7.241

8.448

1.000

4

3.724

5.345

5.655

2.310

2.345

8.138

7.103

8.724

1.655

5

3.897

5.724

5.345

2.379

2.517

8.172

7.138

8.621

1.207

6

2.310

5.862

5.172

3.172

3.345

7.897

7.138

8.931

1.172

7

2.207

4.828

3.034

4.034

6.034

7.448

7.862

8.517

1.034

8

4.103

5.414

5.483

2.310

2.552

8.207

7.000

8.793

1.138

9

3.517

6.034

5.276

2.414

2.517

7.621

7.517

8.552

1.552

10

4.000

6.069

4.966

2.310

2.552

8.345

7.172

8.414

1.172

11

3.586

5.034

6.069

2.621

1.931

7.897

7.655

8.345

1.862

12

3.828

5.034

6.310

2.310

1.690

8.069

7.586

8.000

2.172

13

5.034

5.690

4.138

1.724

2.138

7.759

8.379

7.862

2.276

14

4.000

5.138

5.966

2.000

1.552

7.448

8.690

7.759

2.448

15

3.793

7.069

6.172

3.310

3.310

7.793

8.966

1.483

3.103

16

4.414

6.207

6.759

3.379

3.310

8.069

8.897

1.414

2.552

17

4.897

5.828

3.966

1.586

2.103

8.172

7.621

8.207

2.621

18

3.621

5.207

6.000

1.621

1.448

7.207

8.552

8.034

3.310

19

2.931

5.621

4.897

3.759

2.966

8.655

8.069

5.552

2.552

20

2.103

5.310

5.793

3.517

3.345

7.241

8.931

7.414

1.345

21

3.379

5.862

5.552

2.103

2.897

7.345

7.655

8.586

1.621

22

2.034

4.207

5.828

4.724

4.414

5.793

8.586

8.414

1.000

23

2.000

3.586

4.448

5.897

5.724

5.379

8.724

8.241

1.000

24

3.966

5.000

6.241

2.172

2.793

8.207

6.793

8.759

1.069

25

1.759

4.966

6.276

3.172

3.483

6.724

8.241

8.690

1.690

26

1.000

6.069

4.966

3.552

3.414

6.966

8.897

8.000

2.138

27

1.000

5.500

7.172

3.207

3.793

7.966

5.500

8.862

2.000

28

1.138

6.948

7.103

3.534

3.103

9.000

6.948

3.534

3.690

29

2.828

5.310

6.672

1.690

1.552

8.103

6.672

8.241

3.931

Avg

3.301

5.444

5.580

2.802

2.904

7.717

7.756

7.575

1.923

Rank

4.00

5.00

6.00

2.00

3.00

8.00

9.00

7.00

1.00

1.11 Appendix 11. Wilcoxon rank-sum test result of the QSSALEO versus other traditional algorithms on CEC2008lsgo.

Fun

D

CSO

SSA

PSO

WOA

GWO

F1

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F2

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F3

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F4

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F5

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F6

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.056776

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F7

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.7498769

< 0.05

 

500

0.141670

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.3880841

0.228116250

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.8702912

< 0.05

1.12 Appendix 12. Comparison results of the QSSALEO with some improved SSA’s algorithms during 2500 iterations.

F

Criteria

ESSA

HSSASCA

ISSA

ISSA_OBL

IWSSA

STS-SSA

TVSSA

SSA-FGWO

QSSALEO

F1

Avg

8.827E+10

2.361E+12

1.284E+04

1.569E+11

2.240E+12

2.667E+12

3.761E+05

2.098E+04

7.085E+03

 

Std

1.928E+10

1.549E+11

1.693E+04

3.985E+10

1.038E+11

9.447E+10

1.996E+06

2.227E+04

8.378E+03

 

Med

8.571E+10

2.358E+12

6.436E+03

1.510E+11

2.221E+12

2.688E+12

6.629E+03

1.470E+04

2.853E+03

F2

Avg

3.006E+05

1.038E+06

2.797E+05

2.543E+05

3.449E+05

3.511E+05

3.111E+05

2.941E+05

1.778E+05

 

Std

1.521E+04

3.015E+05

1.443E+04

2.031E+04

1.299E+04

1.212E+04

5.292E+04

7.616E+04

1.639E+04

 

Med

3.013E+05

9.958E+05

2.807E+05

2.530E+05

3.466E+05

3.509E+05

3.113E+05

2.841E+05

1.801E+05

F3

Avg

1.931E+03

5.647E+04

7.467E+02

2.365E+03

6.599E+04

1.030E+05

7.668E+02

7.250E+02

6.998E+02

 

Std

2.859E+02

1.236E+04

4.313E+01

5.839E+02

5.487E+03

1.078E+04

5.436E+01

5.165E+01

5.576E+01

 

Med

1.909E+03

5.392E+04

7.520E+02

2.198E+03

6.721E+04

1.010E+05

7.629E+02

7.237E+02

7.031E+02

F4

Avg

1.470E+03

1.989E+03

1.257E+03

1.416E+03

2.097E+03

2.134E+03

1.333E+03

1.257E+03

1.357E+03

 

Std

7.087E+01

6.050E+01

6.995E+01

7.334E+01

3.611E+01

2.856E+01

1.044E+02

9.174E+01

6.113E+01

 

Med

1.459E+03

1.989E+03

1.249E+03

1.404E+03

2.098E+03

2.138E+03

1.335E+03

1.252E+03

1.359E+03

F5

Avg

6.888E+02

7.213E+02

6.925E+02

6.865E+02

7.267E+02

7.286E+02

6.768E+02

6.766E+02

6.754E+02

 

Std

6.711E+00

7.390E+00

7.820E+00

5.085E+00

2.327E+00

2.471E+00

5.606E+00

4.649E+00

4.185E+00

 

Med

6.885E+02

7.206E+02

6.721E+02

6.872E+02

7.270E+02

7.285E+02

6.764E+02

6.755E+02

6.761E+02

F6

Avg

2.385E+03

3.915E+03

2.489E+03

3.464E+03

3.834E+03

4.026E+03

2.127E+03

1.970E+03

2.661E+03

 

Std

1.343E+02

1.008E+02

8.945E+02

2.202E+02

8.159E+01

4.667E+01

1.902E+02

2.335E+02

2.677E+02

 

Med

2.396E+03

3.924E+03

2.070E+03

3.489E+03

3.838E+03

4.040E+03

2.095E+03

1.961E+03

2.654E+03

F7

Avg

1.855E+03

2.434E+03

1.868E+03

1.902E+03

2.539E+03

2.616E+03

1.895E+03

1.867E+03

1.770E+03

 

Std

6.579E+01

8.771E+01

3.664E+02

8.392E+01

4.861E+01

3.571E+01

3.833E+02

1.436E+02

8.575E+01

 

Med

1.748E+03

2.438E+03

1.759E+03

1.888E+03

2.537E+03

2.620E+03

1.730E+03

1.970E+03

1.790E+03

F8

Avg

3.912E+04

8.851E+04

2.351E+04

3.211E+04

8.260E+04

8.299E+04

2.601E+04

2.554E+04

2.319E+04

 

Std

4.089E+03

1.730E+04

2.539E+03

3.799E+03

3.463E+03

3.647E+03

3.284E+03

2.686E+03

1.293E+03

 

Med

3.892E+04

8.634E+04

2.437E+04

3.228E+04

8.368E+04

8.315E+04

2.694E+04

2.516E+04

2.323E+04

F9

Avg

1.940E+04

3.266E+04

1.563E+04

1.874E+04

3.235E+04

3.242E+04

1.557E+04

1.616E+04

1.648E+04

 

Std

1.008E+03

1.401E+03

1.493E+03

1.431E+03

6.314E+02

5.480E+02

1.380E+03

1.552E+03

2.099E+03

 

Med

1.918E+04

3.256E+04

1.521E+04

1.913E+04

3.251E+04

3.241E+04

1.562E+04

1.589E+04

1.607E+04

F10

Avg

7.488E+04

2.044E+05

1.002E+04

3.585E+04

1.850E+05

2.504E+05

5.350E+03

8.209E+03

3.281E+03

 

Std

2.707E+04

6.640E+04

4.192E+03

8.530E+03

3.161E+04

6.234E+04

1.122E+03

2.351E+03

4.422E+02

 

Med

6.867E+04

1.825E+05

8.850E+03

3.680E+04

1.823E+05

2.411E+05

5.401E+03

7.583E+03

3.195E+03

F11

Avg

8.628E+09

1.199E+12

2.872E+09

9.239E+09

1.059E+12

1.765E+12

2.436E+09

2.860E+09

1.163E+09

 

Std

3.763E+09

2.191E+11

1.098E+09

3.024E+09

1.188E+11

1.167E+11

1.195E+09

1.430E+09

4.515E+08

 

Med

7.629E+09

1.189E+12

2.690E+09

9.394E+09

1.082E+12

1.781E+12

2.282E+09

2.585E+09

1.081E+09

F12

Avg

5.127E+08

3.417E+11

9.544E+04

3.850E+10

2.623E+11

4.558E+11

7.639E+04

1.097E+05

7.008E+04

 

Std

2.717E+08

8.214E+10

3.190E+04

1.175E+11

3.301E+10

5.437E+10

2.333E+04

4.930E+04

2.202E+04

 

Med

4.999E+08

3.285E+11

9.235E+04

4.304E+04

2.621E+11

4.725E+11

7.550E+04

1.047E+05

6.482E+04

F13

Avg

1.299E+07

5.252E+07

2.267E+06

5.671E+06

5.765E+07

1.054E+08

1.562E+06

1.685E+06

5.794E+05

 

Std

4.386E+06

3.417E+07

1.249E+06

1.483E+06

1.446E+07

3.844E+07

6.772E+05

9.122E+05

2.885E+05

 

Med

1.244E+07

3.866E+07

2.042E+06

5.326E+06

5.692E+07

9.779E+07

1.449E+06

1.560E+06

4.948E+05

F14

Avg

1.044E+08

1.601E+11

1.028E+05

2.006E+05

1.114E+11

2.451E+11

6.783E+04

1.013E+05

5.427E+04

 

Std

7.338E+07

6.096E+10

4.868E+04

7.184E+03

2.196E+10

2.861E+10

2.217E+04

3.125E+04

1.926E+04

 

Med

7.972E+07

1.471E+11

9.821E+04

1.845E+04

1.123E+11

2.436E+11

6.826E+04

1.035E+05

5.752E+04

F15

Avg

6.989E+03

1.624E+04

6.246E+03

9.486E+03

1.798E+04

2.471E+04

6.527E+03

6.310E+03

6.761E+03

 

Std

8.326E+02

2.083E+03

8.271E+02

1.054E+03

1.330E+03

1.981E+03

8.193E+02

9.522E+02

8.469E+02

 

Med

7.184E+03

1.628E+04

6.270E+03

9.482E+03

1.807E+04

2.501E+04

6.567E+03

6.074E+03

6.486E+03

F16

Avg

6.087E+03

1.734E+06

5.443E+03

6.124E+03

3.968E+05

9.088E+06

5.775E+03

5.388E+03

5.870E+03

 

Std

5.924E+02

2.399E+06

5.564E+02

6.603E+02

2.406E+05

4.607E+06

7.074E+02

5.274E+02

7.443E+02

 

Med

6.093E+03

7.681E+05

5.419E+03

6.166E+03

3.014E+05

9.545E+06

5.691E+03

5.448E+03

6.009E+03

F17

Avg

1.018E+07

5.592E+07

2.972E+06

3.501E+06

1.038E+08

2.143E+08

2.571E+06

3.876E+06

1.043E+06

 

Std

4.361E+06

3.486E+07

2.045E+06

9.376E+05

2.544E+07

7.324E+07

1.272E+06

1.806E+06

4.230E+05

 

Med

9.139E+06

4.680E+07

2.578E+06

3.291E+06

1.020E+08

2.069E+08

2.543E+06

3.831E+06

1.037E+06

F18

Avg

9.677E+07

1.573E+11

5.613E+07

2.236E+06

1.055E+11

2.451E+11

4.125E+07

6.703E+07

2.529E+07

 

Std

1.301E+08

4.598E+10

3.655E+07

1.968E+06

2.091E+10

2.280E+10

3.175E+07

4.418E+07

1.619E+07

 

Med

6.192E+07

1.585E+11

6.106E+07

1.818E+06

1.088E+11

2.441E+11

3.872E+07

6.114E+07

2.253E+07

F19

Avg

5.500E+03

7.713E+03

5.055E+03

5.206E+03

7.574E+03

7.484E+03

5.042E+03

5.434E+03

5.325E+03

 

Std

5.766E+02

6.073E+02

5.568E+02

5.069E+02

2.204E+02

2.689E+02

5.060E+02

4.888E+02

5.837E+02

 

Med

5.441E+03

7.705E+03

4.968E+03

5.197E+03

7.624E+03

7.550E+03

4.960E+03

5.460E+03

5.310E+03

F20

Avg

3.263E+03

4.325E+03

3.037E+03

3.663E+03

4.334E+03

5.370E+03

3.229E+03

2.995E+03

3.384E+03

 

Std

1.092E+02

1.732E+02

1.163E+02

1.688E+02

1.219E+02

1.684E+02

1.512E+02

1.058E+02

1.706E+02

 

Med

3.266E+03

4.323E+03

3.023E+03

3.682E+03

4.353E+03

5.390E+03

3.184E+03

3.003E+03

3.428E+03

F21

Avg

2.305E+04

3.464E+04

2.580E+04

2.337E+04

3.475E+04

3.490E+04

2.617E+04

2.065E+04

1.959E+04

 

Std

1.600E+03

1.075E+03

8.138E+03

1.696E+03

4.958E+02

5.301E+02

7.886E+03

3.732E+02

1.632E+03

 

Med

2.337E+04

3.452E+04

2.019E+04

2.325E+04

3.473E+04

3.503E+04

2.178E+04

2.061E+04

1.979E+04

F22

Avg

3.543E+03

5.479E+03

3.519E+03

4.675E+03

5.270E+03

6.831E+03

3.674E+03

3.521E+03

3.743E+03

 

Std

5.769E+01

2.779E+02

1.613E+02

2.828E+02

1.105E+02

2.694E+02

1.384E+02

1.225E+02

2.105E+02

 

Med

3.537E+03

5.476E+03

3.502E+03

4.715E+03

5.265E+03

6.800E+03

3.669E+03

3.500E+03

3.750E+03

F23

Avg

4.320E+03

7.673E+03

4.077E+03

5.637E+03

7.500E+03

1.173E+04

4.181E+03

4.048E+03

4.264E+03

 

Std

1.265E+02

6.571E+02

1.401E+02

4.850E+02

3.237E+02

6.061E+02

1.671E+02

1.718E+02

2.201E+02

 

Med

4.314E+03

7.568E+03

4.043E+03

5.546E+03

7.543E+03

1.171E+04

4.139E+03

4.019E+03

4.219E+03

F24

Avg

4.823E+03

2.431E+04

3.423E+03

4.879E+03

2.294E+04

2.929E+04

3.461E+03

3.529E+03

3.382E+03

 

Std

2.937E+02

3.381E+03

7.816E+01

2.865E+02

1.347E+03

1.416E+03

6.456E+01

9.853E+01

5.809E+01

 

Med

4.796E+03

2.383E+04

3.413E+03

4.878E+03

2.287E+04

2.937E+04

3.470E+03

3.587E+03

3.387E+03

F25

Avg

1.333E+04

4.238E+04

1.358E+04

2.462E+04

4.741E+04

5.693E+04

1.416E+04

1.312E+04

2.020E+04

 

Std

5.431E+03

3.190E+03

1.356E+03

4.702E+03

1.781E+03

1.753E+03

5.007E+03

1.391E+03

6.508E+03

 

Med

1.101E+04

4.210E+04

1.352E+04

2.571E+04

4.735E+04

5.708E+04

1.531E+04

1.303E+04

2.249E+04

F26

Avg

3.737E+03

8.623E+03

3.642E+03

4.967E+03

9.318E+03

1.435E+04

3.845E+03

3.719E+03

3.906E+03

 

Std

1.709E+02

1.212E+03

8.559E+01

4.812E+02

8.162E+02

9.449E+02

1.409E+02

1.263E+02

2.323E+02

 

Med

3.709E+03

8.248E+03

3.633E+03

4.873E+03

9.440E+03

1.428E+04

3.838E+03

3.691E+03

3.894E+03

F27

Avg

5.579E+03

2.747E+04

3.484E+03

6.000E+03

2.862E+04

3.662E+04

3.524E+03

3.491E+03

3.465E+03

 

Std

6.237E+02

3.858E+03

4.124E+01

5.755E+02

1.617E+03

1.259E+03

4.471E+01

3.640E+01

4.584E+01

 

Med

5.550E+03

2.883E+04

3.499E+03

5.979E+03

2.881E+04

3.666E+04

3.524E+03

3.488E+03

3.455E+03

F28

Avg

7.541E+03

2.294E+05

8.711E+03

1.186E+04

9.514E+04

8.299E+05

9.918E+03

8.898E+03

1.081E+04

 

Std

7.472E+02

2.451E+05

8.153E+02

1.422E+03

3.896E+04

3.386E+05

1.114E+03

6.358E+02

7.850E+02

 

Med

7.555E+03

1.436E+05

8.720E+03

1.160E+04

9.301E+04

7.748E+05

9.688E+03

8.795E+03

1.093E+04

F29

Avg

7.237E+08

2.808E+11

7.536E+08

1.268E+09

1.938E+11

3.954E+11

8.287E+08

7.890E+08

4.415E+08

 

Std

2.831E+08

7.012E+10

2.985E+08

5.204E+08

4.062E+10

3.636E+10

4.456E+08

3.957E+08

1.901E+08

 

Med

8.532E+08

2.851E+11

8.011E+08

1.200E+09

1.922E+11

4.024E+11

6.697E+08

7.474E+08

3.888E+08

Rank W/T/L

 

1/0/28

0/0/29

3/0/21

1/0/28

0/0/29

0/0/29

2/0/27

6/0/23

16/0/13

OE

 

3.44%

0.00%

10.34%

3.44%

0.00%

0.00%

6.89%

20.68%

55.17%

1.13 Appendix 13. Wilcoxon rank-sum of the QSSALEO vs. some improved SSA’s algorithms on CEC2017.

Fun

ESSA

HSSASCA

ISSA

ISSA_OBL

IWSSA

STS-SSA

TVSSA

SSA-FGWO

1

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.199498378

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.234174458

< 0.05

2

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

3

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.163970523

4

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.396691029

< 0.05

5

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.646404177

0.405412107

6

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

7

0.104139005

< 0.05

0.821595142

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.646404177

< 0.05

8

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.259544222

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

9

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.188817733

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.234174458

0.882550076

10

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

11

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

12

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.10749411

< 0.05

13

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

14

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

15

0.129455778

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.498735035

0.070028526

16

0.518681718

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.286756545

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.199498378

< 0.05

17

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

18

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.159311066

< 0.05

19

0.234174458

< 0.05

0.110934253

0.47920362

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.088592954

0.570291431

20

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

21

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.074973975

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

22

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.301060782

< 0.05

23

0.104139005

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.118074856

< 0.05

24

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.065354024

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

25

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

26

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.396691029

< 0.05

27

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.114460738

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

28

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

29

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

1.14 Appendix 14. Wilcoxon rank-sum test result of the QSSALEO versus other advanced algorithms on CEC2008lsgo.

Fun

D

PPSO

PPSO_W

DESAP-abs

SHADE

CMA-ES

Large-scale LM-CMA

Large-scale QIWOA

Large-scale DSCA

Large-scale SSA-FGWO

F1

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 
 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F2

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.25303

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F3

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F4

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.993796

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

0.396691

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F5

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F6

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

F7

200

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

500

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

 

1000

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

< 0.05

1.15 Appendix 15. Friedman test result of the QSSALEO versus some improved SSA’s algorithms on CEC2017.

Fun

ESSA

HSSASCA

ISSA

ISSA_OBL

IWSSA

STS-SSA

TVSSA

SSA-FGWO

QSSALEO

1

5.03

7.76

2.38

5.97

7.24

9.00

2.48

2.93

2.21

2

5.00

9.00

3.79

2.52

7.03

7.45

5.45

3.76

1.00

3

5.14

7.14

2.83

5.86

7.86

9.00

3.21

2.07

1.90

4

5.38

7.03

2.03

4.59

8.21

8.76

3.24

2.03

3.72

5

5.31

7.34

2.17

5.10

8.10

8.55

2.83

3.00

2.59

6

3.62

7.62

3.67

5.86

6.97

8.74

2.41

1.69

4.41

7

2.69

6.72

4.17

4.90

7.59

8.86

3.52

3.48

3.07

8

6.00

8.21

2.14

4.69

7.83

7.97

3.28

3.00

1.90

9

5.41

8.07

2.52

4.86

7.86

8.07

2.28

2.97

2.97

10

5.93

7.72

3.48

5.07

7.66

8.62

2.17

3.34

1.00

11

5.34

7.79

3.07

5.62

7.21

9.00

2.52

3.17

1.28

12

5.90

7.86

3.52

2.24

7.00

8.97

2.97

4.00

2.55

13

5.97

7.55

4.10

5.03

7.72

8.69

2.83

2.76

1.28

14

6.00

7.90

3.93

1.07

7.24

8.86

3.21

3.93

2.69

15

3.76

7.17

2.48

5.97

7.83

9.00

2.93

2.66

3.21

16

4.31

7.83

2.45

4.38

7.24

8.93

3.28

2.52

4.07

17

5.90

7.14

3.17

3.66

7.97

8.90

2.93

3.86

1.48

18

4.69

7.93

4.17

1.14

7.14

8.93

3.48

4.69

2.83

19

4.10

8.28

3.00

3.24

7.93

7.79

3.14

4.07

3.45

20

3.72

7.59

1.97

5.69

7.41

9.00

3.41

1.59

4.62

21

4.31

7.28

4.17

4.59

7.38

7.97

4.52

2.69

2.10

22

2.59

7.76

4.00

6.00

7.21

9.00

3.90

2.21

2.34

23

4.28

7.59

2.21

6.00

7.41

9.00

2.93

1.93

3.66

24

5.45

7.69

2.14

5.55

7.41

8.90

2.66

3.41

1.79

25

2.55

7.10

2.62

5.45

7.90

9.00

3.14

2.45

4.79

26

2.69

7.41

2.03

5.97

7.59

9.00

3.83

2.52

3.97

27

5.28

7.55

2.38

5.72

7.45

9.00

3.28

2.66

1.69

28

1.34

7.69

2.52

5.62

7.38

8.93

3.93

2.69

4.90

29

3.50

7.97

3.57

5.17

7.10

8.93

3.45

3.38

1.93

Avg

4.52

7.64

2.99

4.74

7.51

8.72

3.21

2.95

2.74

Rank

5.000

8.000

3.000

6.000

7.000

9.000

4.000

2.000

1.000

1.16 Appendix 16. Comparison results of the QSSALEO on CEC2008lsgo with traditional algorithms during 2500 iterations.

Fun

D

Criteria

CSO

SSA

PSO

WOA

GWO

QSSALEO

F1

200

Avg

9.414E+05

1.865E+05

4.844E+05

1.207E+05

1.885E+05

-4.500E+02

  

Std

4.476E+04

2.474E+04

3.117E+04

1.536E+04

2.114E+04

2.016E−07

  

Med

9.436E+05

1.840E+05

4.797E+05

1.218E+05

1.836E+05

− 4.500E+02

 

500

Avg

6.635E+05

1.197E+06

1.498E+06

8.075E+05

8.264E+05

− 4.361E+02

  

Std

4.865E+04

5.376E+04

5.437E+04

3.411E+04

4.870E+04

5.266E+00

  

Med

6.587E+05

1.198E+06

1.492E+06

8.076E+05

8.235E+05

− 4.356E+02

 

1000

Avg

2.415E+06

2.932E+06

3.155E+06

2.251E+06

2.183E+06

3.906E+04

  

Std

1.112E+05

6.835E+04

4.440E+04

4.829E+04

5.550E+04

3.675E+03

  

Med

2.397E+06

2.925E+06

3.161E+06

2.257E+06

2.180E+06

3.953E+04

F2

200

Avg

− 2.952E+02

− 3.493E+02

− 3.962E+02

− 3.756E+02

− 3.683E+02

− 4.064E+02

  

Std

4.684E+00

3.595E+00

1.951E+00

8.571E+00

1.508E+00

1.436E+00

  

Med

− 2.950E+02

− 3.495E+02

− 3.964E+02

− 3.743E+02

− 3.678E+02

− 4.065E+02

 

500

Avg

− 3.152E+02

− 3.381E+02

− 3.904E+02

− 3.204E+02

− 3.556E+02

− 4.023E+02

  

Std

4.750E+00

2.713E+00

2.131E+00

5.832E+00

5.713E−01

5.857E−01

  

Med

− 3.154E+02

− 3.386E+02

− 3.905E+02

− 3.201E+02

− 3.558E+02

− 4.024E+02

 

1000

Avg

− 3.059E+02

− 3.339E+02

− 3.872E+02

− 3.698E+02

− 3.524E+02

− 4.007E+02

  

Std

3.235E+00

2.615E+00

1.284E+00

9.165E+00

8.673E−01

9.060E−01

  

Med

− 3.060E+02

− 3.342E+02

− 3.872E+02

− 3.680E+02

− 3.527E+02

− 4.009E+02

F3

200

Avg

7.157E+11

4.582E+10

1.180E+11

1.596E+10

3.902E+10

2.423E+03

  

Std

6.829E+10

8.966E+09

1.843E+10

3.022E+09

8.717E+09

3.579E+03

  

Med

7.260E+11

4.725E+10

1.209E+11

1.606E+10

3.801E+10

1.071E+03

 

500

Avg

2.748E+11

3.881E+11

5.042E+11

1.856E+11

2.677E+11

2.544E+05

  

Std

4.380E+10

2.918E+10

2.555E+10

1.468E+10

1.539E+10

2.130E+05

  

Med

2.751E+11

3.894E+11

5.037E+11

1.857E+11

2.645E+11

1.868E+05

 

1000

Avg

1.243E+12

1.152E+12

1.185E+12

6.799E+11

7.717E+11

1.693E+09

  

Std

9.166E+10

3.963E+10

3.062E+10

2.158E+10

2.659E+10

3.882E+08

  

Med

1.235E+12

1.151E+12

1.185E+12

6.759E+11

7.711E+11

1.667E+09

F4

200

Avg

3.917E+03

2.192E+03

2.720E+03

2.196E+03

1.532E+03

1.453E+03

  

Std

1.394E+02

1.041E+02

1.291E+02

1.483E+02

1.249E+02

4.870E+01

  

Med

3.930E+03

2.178E+03

2.709E+03

2.199E+03

1.539E+03

1.459E+03

 

500

Avg

4.894E+03

7.025E+03

7.945E+03

6.867E+03

5.705E+03

3.882E+03

  

Std

2.470E+02

1.739E+02

1.722E+02

3.169E+02

1.513E+02

9.036E+01

  

Med

4.856E+03

7.016E+03

7.944E+03

6.882E+03

5.708E+03

3.864E+03

 

1000

Avg

1.349E+04

1.551E+04

1.691E+04

1.476E+04

1.342E+04

8.669E+03

  

Std

3.167E+02

2.567E+02

2.096E+02

3.311E+02

2.296E+02

1.593E+02

  

Med

1.350E+04

1.541E+04

1.691E+04

1.475E+04

1.341E+04

8.668E+03

F5

200

Avg

7.577E+03

1.387E+03

3.431E+03

8.054E+02

1.241E+03

− 1.800E+02

  

Std

4.056E+02

2.208E+02

1.921E+02

1.026E+02

1.670E+02

4.542E−03

  

Med

7.538E+03

1.403E+03

3.394E+03

7.957E+02

1.227E+03

− 1.800E+02

 

500

Avg

5.310E+03

9.373E+03

1.165E+04

6.303E+03

6.456E+03

− 1.790E+02

  

Std

4.377E+02

4.877E+02

3.203E+02

2.709E+02

3.699E+02

1.958E−01

  

Med

5.311E+03

9.391E+03

1.166E+04

6.274E+03

6.393E+03

− 1.790E+02

 

1000

Avg

2.130E+04

2.549E+04

2.759E+04

1.978E+04

1.906E+04

1.717E+02

  

Std

7.809E+02

8.309E+02

4.443E+02

5.076E+02

4.410E+02

4.258E+01

  

Med

2.130E+04

2.552E+04

2.760E+04

1.993E+04

1.912E+04

1.729E+02

F6

200

Avg

− 1.187E+02

− 1.195E+02

− 1.193E+02

− 1.207E+02

− 1.210E+02

− 1.213E+02

  

Std

2.695E−02

4.275E−02

9.039E−02

1.486E−02

3.999E−01

7.468E−01

  

Med

− 1.187E+02

− 1.195E+02

− 1.193E+02

− 1.207E+02

− 1.210E+02

− 1.211E+02

 

500

Avg

− 1.201E+02

− 1.192E+02

− 1.191E+02

− 1.198E+02

− 1.204E+02

− 1.213E+02

  

Std

1.429E−01

2.770E−02

5.016E−02

2.308E−02

1.746E−01

4.594E−01

  

Med

− 1.201E+02

− 1.192E+02

− 1.191E+02

− 1.198E+02

− 1.205E+02

− 1.212E+02

 

1000

Avg

− 1.194E+02

− 1.191E+02

− 1.189E+02

− 1.195E+02

− 1.204E+02

− 1.209E+02

  

Std

4.118E−02

1.408E−02

2.362E−02

1.541E−02

3.326E−01

2.755E−01

  

Med

− 1.194E+02

− 1.191E+02

− 1.189E+02

− 1.195E+02

− 1.205E+02

− 1.208E+02

F7

200

Avg

− 2.311E+05

− 3.628E+05

− 1.644E+05

− 4.169E+05

− 5.394E+05

− 4.280E+05

  

Std

1.330E+04

3.966E+04

2.087E+02

5.313E+04

4.466E+04

6.214E+04

  

Med

− 2.278E+05

− 3.628E+05

− 1.644E+05

− 4.133E+05

− 5.424E+05

− 4.261E+05

 

500

Avg

− 7.841E+05

− 6.430E+05

− 4.309E+05

− 9.152E+05

− 9.259E+05

− 8.895E+05

  

Std

7.940E+04

4.889E+04

1.682E+04

9.648E+04

5.440E+04

1.880E+05

  

Med

− 7.902E+05

− 6.420E+05

− 4.340E+05

− 9.207E+05

− 9.192E+05

− 8.831E+05

 

1000

Avg

− 1.248E+06

− 1.066E+06

− 7.257E+05

− 1.961E+06

− 1.454E+06

− 1.957E+06

  

Std

8.321E+04

5.821E+04

6.946E+03

2.470E+05

7.890E+04

2.752E+05

  

Med

− 1.250E+06

− 1.058E+06

− 7.269E+05

− 1.967E+06

− 1.446E+06

− 2.027E+06

Rank

200

W/T/L

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

1/0/6

6/0/1

 

500

W/T/L

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

1/0/6

6/0/1

 

1000

W/T/L

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

1/0/6

0/0/7

6/0/1

Overall OE

  

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

4.76%

9.52%

85.71%

1.17 Appendix 17. Friedman test result of the QSSALEO versus other traditional algorithms on CEC2008lsgo.

Algorithm

Dimension

Average rank

Overall rank

CSO

200

5.857

6

 

500

3.113

3

 

1000

4.261

4

SSA

200

3.901

4

 

500

4.773

5

 

1000

4.916

5

PSO

200

4.700

5

 

500

5.424

6

 

1000

5.296

6

WOA

200

2.591

2

 

500

3.527

4

 

1000

2.754

3

GWO

200

2.650

3

 

500

2.936

2

 

1000

2.685

2

QSSALEO

200

1.300

1

 

500

1.227

1

 

1000

1.089

1

1.18 Appendix 18. Friedman test result of the QSSALEO versus other advanced algorithms on CEC2008lsgo.

Algorithm

Dimension

Average rank

Overall rank

PPSO

200

5.901

6

 

500

5.603

6

 

1000

5.333

5

PPSO_W

200

5.842

5

 

500

4.352

4

 

1000

3.756

3

DESAP-abs

200

4.005

4

 

500

4.414

5

 

1000

4.744

4

SHADE

200

3.862

3

 

500

4.118

3

 

1000

5.406

6

CMA-ES

200

6.241

7

 

500

9.842

10

 

1000

9.643

10

Large-scale LM-CMA

200

8.714

9

 

500

7.823

8

 

1000

7.961

8

Large-scale QIWOA

200

8.768

10

 

500

8.300

9

 

1000

7.961

8

Large-scale DSCA

200

6.759

8

 

500

6.113

7

 

1000

5.833

7

Large-scale SSA-FGWO

200

3.000

2

 

500

2.704

2

 

1000

3.192

2

QSSALEO

200

1.906

1

 

500

1.729

1

 

1000

1.049

1

1.19 Appendix 19. Comparison results of the QSSALEO on CEC2008lsgos with advanced algorithms during 2500 iterations.

F

D

Cri

PPSO

PPSO_W

DESAP-abs

SHADE

CMA-ES

Large-scale LM-CMA

Large-scale QIWOA

Large-scale DSCA

Large-scale SSA-FGWO

QSSALEO

F1

200

Avg

2.677E+03

5.401E+03

− 2.751E+02

2.271E+02

− 4.397E+02

7.096E+05

1.164E+06

6.503E+05

− 4.499E+02

− 4.500E+02

  

Std

8.561E+02

3.450E+03

2.694E+02

1.130E+03

1.222E+01

3.316E+03

5.888E+04

1.142E+04

4.290E−02

2.016E−07

  

Med

2.452E+03

4.783E+03

− 3.694E+02

− 3.229E+02

− 4.445E+02

7.098E+05

1.175E+06

6.501E+05

− 4.499E+02

− 4.500E+02

 

500

Avg

1.331E+05

7.549E+04

1.211E+05

1.337E+05

3.929E+06

1.750E+06

3.031E+06

1.686E+06

4.626E+04

− 4.361E+02

  

Std

1.262E+04

7.553E+03

2.336E+04

2.072E+04

1.563E+06

1.183E+03

9.584E+04

1.106E+04

7.730E+03

5.266E+00

  

Med

1.310E+05

7.352E+04

1.185E+05

1.332E+05

3.713E+06

1.750E+06

3.041E+06

1.689E+06

4.461E+04

− 4.356E+02

 

1000

Avg

1.001E+06

7.601E+05

9.248E+05

9.088E+05

4.233E+07

3.389E+06

6.182E+06

3.334E+06

9.381E+05

3.906E+04

  

Std

3.644E+04

5.236E+04

6.476E+04

6.204E+04

8.435E+05

1.385E+03

1.754E+05

1.230E+04

5.635E+04

3.675E+03

  

Med

9.982E+05

7.559E+05

9.225E+05

9.047E+05

4.227E+07

3.389E+06

6.206E+06

3.335E+06

9.379E+05

3.953E+04

F2

200

Avg

− 3.605E+02

− 3.625E+02

− 3.571E+02

− 3.578E+02

− 3.323E+02

− 3.527E+02

− 3.200E+02

− 3.537E+02

− 3.827E+02

− 4.064E+02

  

Std

2.134E+00

2.307E+00

3.866E+00

2.912E+00

4.900E+01

3.176E−01

2.650E+01

2.343E−01

3.316E+01

1.436E+00

  

Med

− 3.604E+02

− 3.622E+02

− 3.571E+02

− 3.581E+02

− 3.383E+02

− 3.526E+02

− 3.117E+02

− 3.536E+02

− 4.058E+02

− 4.065E+02

 

500

Avg

− 3.538E+02

− 3.543E+02

− 3.432E+02

− 3.428E+02

1.205E+02

− 3.508E+02

− 3.043E+02

− 3.514E+02

− 4.031E+02

− 4.023E+02

  

Std

8.059E−01

6.353E−01

2.503E+00

2.689E+00

2.074E+01

1.233E−01

2.455E+01

2.822E−01

3.841E−01

5.857E−01

  

Med

− 3.535E+02

− 3.542E+02

− 3.431E+02

− 3.434E+02

1.206E+02

− 3.508E+02

− 3.027E+02

− 3.512E+02

− 4.031E+02

− 4.024E+02

 

1000

Avg

− 3.518E+02

− 3.521E+02

− 3.359E+02

− 3.346E+02

1.695E+02

− 3.502E+02

− 2.879E+02

− 3.504E+02

− 4.016E+02

− 4.007E+02

  

Std

3.892E−01

4.110E−01

2.265E+00

2.456E+00

1.895E+01

1.041E−01

2.645E+01

5.451E−02

2.468E−01

9.060E−01

  

Med

− 3.518E+02

− 3.521E+02

− 3.359E+02

− 3.343E+02

1.692E+02

− 3.502E+02

− 2.789E+02

− 3.505E+02

− 4.017E+02

− 4.009E+02

F3

200

Avg

9.383E+07

1.774E+08

4.157E+06

5.379E+06

1.270E+06

2.287E+11

1.150E+12

2.039E+11

1.607E+04

2.423E+03

  

Std

1.413E+08

3.310E+08

5.773E+06

1.004E+07

2.825E+06

2.702E+09

1.031E+11

7.805E+09

2.114E+04

3.579E+03

  

Med

5.975E+07

5.399E+07

2.384E+06

1.895E+06

2.840E+05

2.290E+11

1.163E+12

2.032E+11

6.429E+03

1.071E+03

 

500

Avg

1.850E+10

7.007E+09

2.204E+10

2.361E+10

7.826E+13

6.299E+11

3.424E+12

5.985E+11

7.537E+09

2.544E+05

  

Std

2.928E+09

1.271E+09

5.939E+09

9.831E+09

6.881E+13

9.202E+08

2.523E+11

5.807E+09

1.176E+09

2.130E+05

  

Med

1.784E+10

6.702E+09

2.250E+10

2.173E+10

4.647E+13

6.300E+11

3.441E+12

5.995E+11

7.569E+09

1.868E+05

 

1000

Avg

2.357E+11

1.449E+11

2.660E+11

2.730E+11

5.031E+14

1.280E+12

7.355E+12

1.250E+12

2.130E+11

1.693E+09

  

Std

2.179E+10

1.362E+10

2.858E+10

2.376E+10

2.720E+13

1.047E+09

4.765E+11

6.934E+09

1.541E+10

3.882E+08

  

Med

2.370E+11

1.464E+11

2.615E+11

2.713E+11

5.076E+14

1.280E+12

7.522E+12

1.251E+12

2.113E+11

1.667E+09

F4

200

Avg

1.494E+03

1.454E+03

9.432E+01

9.113E+01

1.768E+03

2.846E+03

4.407E+03

3.204E+03

1.439E+03

1.453E+03

  

Std

6.821E+01

6.121E+01

2.927E+01

3.461E+01

4.774E+01

6.961E+01

1.390E+02

3.904E+01

6.600E+01

4.870E+01

  

Med

1.492E+03

1.445E+03

9.212E+01

8.918E+01

1.783E+03

2.847E+03

4.400E+03

3.198E+03

1.426E+03

1.459E+03

 

500

Avg

5.170E+03

4.872E+03

3.383E+03

3.449E+03

1.464E+04

7.934E+03

1.203E+04

8.503E+03

4.785E+03

3.882E+03

  

Std

1.107E+02

1.126E+02

1.322E+02

1.236E+02

3.601E+03

9.052E+01

3.604E+02

6.773E+01

1.883E+02

9.036E+01

  

Med

5.168E+03

4.847E+03

3.391E+03

3.482E+03

1.526E+04

7.943E+03

1.205E+04

8.520E+03

4.833E+03

3.864E+03

 

1000

Avg

1.244E+04

1.186E+04

9.615E+03

9.685E+03

1.157E+05

1.678E+04

2.467E+04

1.751E+04

1.148E+04

8.669E+03

  

Std

2.044E+02

1.935E+02

8.596E+02

8.878E+02

2.275E+03

1.101E+02

5.767E+02

7.364E+01

1.574E+02

1.593E+02

  

Med

1.247E+04

1.187E+04

9.477E+03

9.646E+03

1.161E+05

1.678E+04

2.475E+04

1.751E+04

1.147E+04

8.668E+03

F5

200

Avg

− 1.517E+02

− 1.417E+02

− 1.776E+02

− 1.768E+02

− 1.789E+02

5.474E+03

9.412E+03

4.906E+03

− 1.799E+02

− 1.800E+02

  

Std

7.751E+00

2.500E+01

2.116E+00

4.187E+00

3.266E−01

4.896E+00

6.238E+02

9.111E+01

2.603E−02

4.542E−03

  

Med

− 1.526E+02

− 1.514E+02

− 1.784E+02

− 1.781E+02

− 1.790E+02

5.475E+03

9.402E+03

4.924E+03

− 1.799E+02

− 1.800E+02

 

500

Avg

1.022E+03

4.837E+02

8.512E+02

8.499E+02

3.207E+04

1.381E+04

2.539E+04

1.324E+04

2.338E+02

− 1.790E+02

  

Std

1.233E+02

8.017E+01

2.065E+02

2.002E+02

1.482E+04

1.696E+00

8.693E+02

1.139E+02

5.132E+01

1.958E−01

  

Med

1.026E+03

4.450E+02

8.324E+02

8.096E+02

3.015E+04

1.380E+04

2.566E+04

1.325E+04

2.216E+02

− 1.790E+02

 

1000

Avg

8.603E+03

5.863E+03

7.974E+03

7.737E+03

3.806E+05

2.991E+04

5.469E+04

2.934E+04

8.082E+03

1.717E+02

  

Std

4.987E+02

3.026E+02

5.839E+02

4.839E+02

9.471E+03

1.770E+00

1.518E+03

9.773E+01

3.466E+02

4.258E+01

  

Med

8.539E+03

5.878E+03

7.907E+03

7.914E+03

3.803E+05

2.991E+04

5.494E+04

2.934E+04

8.149E+03

1.729E+02

F6

200

Avg

− 1.202E+02

− 1.202E+02

− 1.295E+02

− 1.291E+02

− 1.185E+02

− 1.193E+02

− 1.197E+02

− 1.207E+02

− 1.207E+02

− 1.213E+02

  

Std

3.049E−01

2.917E−01

1.508E+00

1.606E+00

1.893E−02

4.372E−02

4.887E−01

1.521E−02

2.633E−07

7.468E−01

  

Med

− 1.200E+02

− 1.200E+02

− 1.293E+02

− 1.292E+02

− 1.185E+02

− 1.193E+02

− 1.200E+02

− 1.207E+02

− 1.207E+02

− 1.211E+02

 

500

Avg

− 1.201E+02

− 1.201E+02

− 1.258E+02

− 1.257E+02

− 1.184E+02

− 1.192E+02

− 1.197E+02

− 1.206E+02

− 1.207E+02

− 1.213E+02

  

Std

2.511E−01

2.502E−01

5.597E−01

7.006E−01

8.270E−03

1.815E−02

4.719E−E−01

4.290E−01

1.027E−04

4.594E−01

  

Med

− 1.200E+02

− 1.200E+02

− 1.259E+02

− 1.257E+02

− 1.184E+02

− 1.192E+02

− 1.200E+02

− 1.207E+02

− 1.207E+02

− 1.212E+02

 

1000

Avg

− 1.201E+02

− 1.202E+02

− 1.198E+02

− 1.198E+02

− 1.184E+02

− 1.191E+02

− 1.196E+02

− 1.205E+02

− 1.206E+02

− 1.209E+02

  

Std

2.141E−01

2.605E−01

7.681E−02

7.358E−02

6.083E−03

1.939E−02

5.538E−01

4.273E−01

1.407E−06

2.755E−01

  

Med

− 1.200E+02

− 1.200E+02

− 1.198E+02

− 1.198E+02

− 1.184E+02

− 1.191E+02

− 1.200E+02

− 1.206E+02

− 1.206E+02

− 1.208E+02

F7

200

Avg

− 1.620E+05

− 1.640E+05

− 1.500E+05

− 1.508E+05

− 7.386E+04

− 1.133E+05

− 1.938E+05

− 2.130E+05

− 3.782E+05

− 4.280E+05

  

Std

8.341E+04

9.396E+04

1.767E+04

1.184E−10

3.874E+03

2.779E+02

1.726E+04

2.078E+04

7.402E+04

6.214E+04

  

Med

− 1.468E+05

− 1.468E+05

− 1.468E+05

− 1.508E+05

− 7.315E+04

− 1.133E+05

− 1.907E+05

− 2.073E+05

− 3.933E+05

− 4.261E+05

 

500

Avg

− 2.476E+05

− 2.792E+05

− 2.569E+05

− 4.443E+05

− 1.241E+05

− 2.279E+05

− 4.176E+05

− 4.178E+05

− 6.908E+05

− 8.895E+05

  

Std

8.880E−11

1.730E+05

6.342E+03

1.561E+03

1.264E+03

3.004E+01

5.868E+04

1.734E+04

9.964E+04

1.880E+05

  

Med

− 2.476E+05

− 2.476E+05

− 2.558E+05

− 4.440E+05

− 1.244E+05

− 2.279E+05

− 4.121E+05

− 4.190E+05

− 7.232E+05

− 8.831E+05

 

1000

Avg

− 4.567E+05

− 4.349E+05

− 9.331E+05

− 3.893E+05

− 3.893E+05

− 3.751E+05

− 7.322E+05

− 6.978E+05

− 1.099E+06

− 1.957E+06

  

Std

3.918E+05

2.729E+05

7.571E+04

2.284E+04

2.284E+04

3.681E+03

8.449E+04

3.852E+04

7.964E+04

2.752E+05

  

Med

− 3.851E+05

− 3.851E+05

− 9.579E+05

− 3.851E+05

− 3.851E+05

− 3.744E+05

− 7.135E+05

− 6.894E+05

− 1.112E+06

− 2.027E+06

Rank

200

W/T/L

0/0/7

0/0/7

1/0/6

1/0/6

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

5/0/2

 

500

W/T/L

0/0/7

0/0/7

2/0/5

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/1/6

5/0/2

 

1000

W/T/L

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/0/7

0/1/6

7/0/0

Overall OE

  

0.0%

0.0%

14.28%

4.76%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

4.76%

80.95%

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Qaraad, M., Amjad, S., Hussein, N.K. et al. An innovative quadratic interpolation salp swarm-based local escape operator for large-scale global optimization problems and feature selection. Neural Comput & Applic 34, 17663–17721 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-022-07391-2

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