Table 2 Statistical results over 10 repetitions of proposed Kriging-GWO (hybrid surrogate-metaheuristic) approach in robust optimal placement of two, three, and four transmitting antennas for different "\(\alpha\)" values in Eq. (19).

From: A data driven approach in less expensive robust transmitting coverage and power optimization

\(\alpha\)

%Coverage_Mean

%Coverage_Std

SNR

TPT (mW)

Avg

Std

Max

Min

Avg

Std

Max

Min

Avg

Std

Max

Min

Avg

Std

Max

Min

\(\#{\varvec{B}}{\varvec{S}}=2\)

− 2

52.47

1.41

49.95

55.66

14.17

0.45

13.44

15.28

− 5.68

0.22

− 6.09

− 5.18

2.01

0.05

1.94

2.10

− 1

60.16

1.81

56.47

62.15

15.41

0.59

14.51

16.53

− 4.53

0.27

− 5.08

− 4.25

2.53

0.10

2.39

2.69

0

68.05

2.17

65.04

70.32

14.91

0.69

13.70

16.23

− 3.48

0.28

− 3.87

− 3.18

3.07

0.18

2.82

3.32

 + 1

69.32

1.68

66.43

71.60

15.39

1.24

13.64

17.90

− 3.33

0.21

− 3.68

− 3.03

3.26

0.20

2.83

3.50

 + 2

69.52

1.90

66.16

71.65

15.81

0.83

14.52

17.33

− 3.32

0.24

− 3.74

− 3.07

3.34

0.21

2.91

3.62

\(\#{\varvec{B}}{\varvec{S}}=3\)

− 2

69.93

9.00

45.05

78.96

14.94

1.86

11.96

18.86

− 3.34

1.28

− 6.96

− 2.20

3.07

0.08

2.96

3.23

− 1

82.28

2.46

77.49

84.62

14.04

0.81

12.30

15.29

− 1.87

0.26

− 2.38

− 1.61

3.76

0.19

3.42

4.06

0

88.77

2.32

83.26

91.38

11.28

1.25

9.87

13.75

− 1.17

0.24

− 1.75

− 0.89

4.71

0.17

4.39

4.98

 + 1

89.52

4.42

76.39

91.86

11.21

1.19

9.60

13.92

− 1.10

0.47

− 2.48

− 0.84

4.73

0.14

4.52

4.91

 + 2

90.09

1.73

87.42

92.41

10.09

0.83

9.20

11.97

− 1.01

0.17

− 1.31

− 0.79

4.95

0.37

4.53

5.76

\(\#{\varvec{B}}{\varvec{S}}=4\)

− 2

82.87

4.64

71.59

88.45

12.47

1.64

10.14

15.11

− 1.78

0.52

− 3.05

− 1.17

4.03

0.15

3.84

4.34

− 1

88.78

5.49

74.53

93.60

9.35

1.82

7.24

13.02

− 1.14

0.59

− 2.67

− 0.63

5.08

0.22

4.65

5.37

0

92.40

6.31

75.24

97.83

7.46

2.22

4.25

12.01

− 0.77

0.66

− 2.58

− 0.21

6.18

0.28

5.65

6.55

 + 1

96.60

1.10

93.98

98.15

5.06

0.56

4.27

5.97

− 0.33

0.10

− 0.58

− 0.19

6.47

0.19

6.26

6.94

 + 2

96.48

0.89

94.95

97.90

5.42

0.67

4.59

6.95

− 0.35

0.09

− 0.49

− 0.21

6.67

0.20

6.36

7.07