Table 5 Average and standard deviation of the IGD values obtained by the five algorithms on the DTLZ test suite with different numbers of objectives.

From: An improved farmland fertility algorithm for many-objective optimization problems

Text suite

M

NSGAIII

MOEA/D

RVEA

ARMOEA

MOIFF

DTLZ1

3

2.07E−02 (2.99E−04) + 

2.10E−02 (4.73E−04) + 

2.07E−02 (1.86E−04) + 

2.08E−02 (2.27E−04) + 

3.08E−02 (6.00E−02)

5

5.27E−02 (4.60E−05)−

5.28E−02 (8.10E−05)−

5.27E−02 (2.80E−05)−

5.27E−02 (5.62E−05)−

2.42E−02 (4.39E−02)

8

1.06E−01 (2.94E−02)−

9.63E−02 (3.28E−04)−

9.71E−02 (2.71E−04)-

9.90E−02 (5.84E−04)−

2.45E−02 (2.10E−02)

10

1.15E−01 (2.37E−02)−

1.09E−01 (1.85E−04)−

1.08E−01 (2.90E−04)−

1.12E−01 (1.21E−03)−

9.14E−02 (4.82E−02)

15

2.04E−01 (2.37E−02) + 

1.64E−01 (7.84E−03) + 

1.77E−01 (5.60E−03) + 

1.70E−01 (1.54E−02)−

2.49E−01 (1.13E−02)

DTLZ2

3

5.45E−02 (1.45E−05)−

5.45E−02 (3.84E−06)−

5.46E−02 (1.60E−04)−

5.46E−02 (7.97E−05)−

2.43E−02 (9.89E−03)

5

1.65E−01 (2.72E−05)−

1.65E−01 (9.43E−06)−

1.65E−01 (2.28E−05)−

1.65E−01 (8.57E−05)−

4.60E−02 (8.90E−03)

8

3.37E−01 (6.22E−02)−

3.15E−01 (3.34E−05)−

3.15E−01 (1.41E−04)−

3.26E−01 (1.90E−03)−

9.83E−02 (9.74E−02)

10

4.93E−01 (8.03E−02)−

4.22E−01 (1.69E−04)−

4.20E−01 (4.72E−04)−

4.27E−01 (2.47E−03)−

1.59E−01 (1.16E−01)

15

7.50E−01 (5.07E−02)−

6.23E−01 (7.47E−04)−

6.24E−01 (4.18E−03)−

6.11E−01 (3.01E−03)−

1.39E−01 (1.40E−01)

DTLZ3

3

5.48E−02 (3.04E−04) + 

5.49E−02 (6.97E−04) + 

5.48E−02 (3.88E−04) + 

5.49E−02 (4.29E−04) + 

1.19E−01 (2.50E−01)

5

1.65E−01 (3.05E−04)−

1.65E−01 (2.15E−04)−

1.65E−01 (7.46E−05)−

1.66E−01 (3.26E−03)−

7.27E−02 (3.70E−02)

8

5.51E−01 (5.16E−01)−

3.89E−01 (1.88E−01) = 

3.16E−01 (4.96E−04) = 

3.45E−01 (7.68E−03) = 

2.83E−01 (1.84E−01)

10

6.50E−01 (6.61E−01)−

4.22E−01 (1.06E−03)−

4.20E−01 (7.19E−04)−

4.29E−01 (4.27E−03)−

2.25E−01 (1.79E−01)

15

1.99E + 01 (1.42E + 01)−

9.40E−01 (2.98E−01)−

6.23E−01 (1.26E−03)−

6.14E−01 (8.73E−03)−

5.12E−01 (9.88E−02)

DTLZ4

3

2.79E−01 (2.66E−01)−

3.55E−01 (3.25E−01)−

7.07E−02 (8.75E−02) = 

2.60E−01 (2.86E−01)−

2.19E−01 (2.57E−01)

5

1.73E−01 (4.37E−02)−

3.18E−01 (1.58E−01)−

1.65E−01 (6.97E−06)−

1.73E−01 (4.20E−02)−

1.62E−01 (2.07E−01)

8

3.74E−01 (1.00E−01) = 

4.82E−01 (9.67E−02)−

3.23E−01 (2.80E−02) = 

3.23E−01 (1.52E−03) = 

2.94E−01 (1.76E−01)

10

4.38E−01 (4.80E−02)−

5.19E−01 (6.77E−02)−

4.21E−01 (4.41E−04)−

4.27E−01 (2.48E−03)−

1.62E−01 (1.40E−01)

15

7.31E−01 (5.09E−02)−

6.84E−01 (3.13E−02)−

6.25E−01 (1.63E−03)−

6.07E−01 (2.42E−03)−

3.21E−01 (1.11E−01)

DTLZ5

3

1.24E−02 (1.56E−03) + 

3.39E−02 (1.83E−05)−

7.03E−02 (8.02E−03)−

5.42E−03 (1.25E−04) + 

2.96E−02 (4.26E−03)

5

9.03E−02 (3.22E−02) = 

2.27E−02 (4.54E−06) + 

1.99E−01 (1.90E−02)−

5.50E−02 (7.22E−03) + 

8.29E−02 (1.94E−02)

8

3.59E−01 (9.03E−02)−

2.59E−02 (6.37E−06) + 

3.60E−01 (4.04E−02)−

1.04E−01 (2.51E−02) + 

1.22E−01 (2.69E−02)

10

5.02E−01 (1.27E−01)−

1.99E−02 (1.02E−05) + 

3.08E−01 (3.64E−02)−

9.14E−02 (1.39E−02) + 

1.49E−01 (3.10E−02)

15

2.51E−01 (5.64E−02)−

9.57E−02 (5.05E−06) + 

3.06E−01 (9.70E−02)−

1.12E−01 (1.98E−02) + 

2.16E−01 (5.19E−02)

DTLZ6

3

2.00E−02 (2.70E−03) + 

3.39E−02 (2.04E−05) + 

8.53E−02 (1.60E−02)−

5.00E−03 (6.98E−05) + 

4.74E−02 (9.10E−03)

5

1.66E−01 (7.91E−02)−

2.26E−02 (1.71E−04) + 

1.50E−01 (2.38E−02)−

7.12E−02 (2.11E−02) + 

7.78E−02 (1.19E−02)

8

6.59E−01 (3.43E−01)−

2.53E−02 (5.79E−04) + 

2.92E−01 (6.01E−02)−

1.07E−01 (2.23E−02) + 

1.43E−01 (1.86E−02)

10

2.66E + 00 (1.15E + 00)−

1.90E−02 (4.56E−04) + 

2.40E−01 (5.44E−02)−

1.03E−01 (2.37E−02) + 

1.42E−01 (1.90E−02)

15

4.90E + 00 (1.15E + 00)−

9.57E−02 (2.53E−06) + 

1.87E−01 (1.18E−02)−

1.04E−01 (2.35E−02) + 

1.82E−01 (7.98E−02)

DTLZ7

3

9.79E−02 (8.05E−02) + 

1.51E−01 (4.39E−03) = 

1.07E−01 (2.76E−03) = 

3.06E−01 (2.33E−01) = 

2.80E−01 (2.66E−01)

5

2.79E−01 (1.02E−02) + 

5.76E−01 (1.72E−01)−

5.02E−01 (7.27E−03)−

2.60E−01 (4.14E−03) + 

3.46E−01 (3.90E−02)

8

7.81E−01 (2.26E−02) + 

1.86E + 00 (2.16E−01)−

1.89E + 00 (9.58E−02)−

1.00E + 00 (5.71E−02) = 

9.86E−01 (1.17E−01)

10

9.68E−01 (7.45E−02) + 

3.01E + 00 (3.61E−01)−

2.67E + 00 (1.71E−01)−

1.49E + 00 (1.43E−01) + 

2.11E + 00 (3.86E−01)

15

7.34E + 00 (1.05E + 00)−

2.77E + 00 (2.93E−01) = 

6.07E + 00 (8.95E−01)−

5.03E + 00 (9.02E−01)−

4.59E + 00 (2.58E + 00)

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