Table 2 Terminologies and Notations

From: Multi-objective quantum hybrid evolutionary algorithms for enhancing quality-of-service in internet of things

Notation

Description

\(W\)

Population of whales

\(G\)

Population of grey wolf

\(X_i\)

Position of the \(i\)-th whale

\(Y_i\)

Position of the \(i\)-th grey wolf

\(Q_W\)

Quantum population for whales

\(Q_G\)

Quantum population for grey wolf

\(\textit{MaxIter}\)

Maximum number of iterations

\(t\)

Iteration counter

\(\alpha _W, \beta _W, \delta _W\)

Top solutions for whales

\(\alpha _G, \beta _G, \delta _G\)

Top solutions for grey wolf

\(P\)

Pareto front set

\(f_j(X_i)\)

Fitness value of the \(i\)-th whale for the \(j\)-th objective

\(f_j(Y_i)\)

Fitness value of the \(i\)-th grey wolf for the \(j\)-th objective

\(r_W\)

Random number for whales

\(r_G\)

Random number for grey wolf

\(\alpha _q\)

Quantum behavior coefficient for position update

\(\beta _q\)

Quantum behavior coefficient for quantum position update

\(\alpha , \beta , \delta\)

Best, second best, and third best solutions in MOGWOA

\(A, C\)

Coefficients in MOGWOA representing the encircling mechanism

\(D_{\alpha }, D_{\beta }, D_{\delta }\)

Distance vectors between wolf and best solutions in MOGWOA

\(S\)

Position vector in MOWOA

\(A, b, l\)

Coefficients in MOWOA representing the spiral updating position

\(L\)

Distance between the prey and the whale in MOWOA

\(k\)

Number of objectives

\(n\)

Population size