Table 7 Comparative study between fitness value, thresholds, and PSNR for high-contrast image (Camera man) for different optimization techniques.

From: GAAOA-Lévy: a hybrid metaheuristic for optimized multilevel thresholding in image segmentation

Image

Fitness value

Thresholds

PSNR

K = 2

K = 3

K = 4

K = 5

K = 2

K = 3

K = 4

K = 5

K = 2

K = 3

K = 4

K = 5

GAAOA

10.3e+3

9.63+3

9.7e+3

9.6e+3

79.11

71.12

65.11

31.23

19.78

21.27

23.76

24.12

EMO Lévy

9.2e+3

9.4e+3

9.4e+3

9.4e+3

77.2

68.17

60.21

28.71

18.93

19.62

22.38

22.79

EMO

9.2e+3

9.3e+3

9.4e+03

9.4e+3

78.2

68.17

42.11

39.10

13.95

19.57

21.37

22.04

CS

8.6e+3

8.76e+3

8.7e+3

8.7e+3

73.2

66.16

41.11

37.93

12.86

19.21

20.82

22.43

SCA

8.61e+3

8.72e+3

8.69e+3

8.66e+3

73.11

65.97

40.91

36.67

12.78

18.81

20.77

21.98

MFO

8.43e+3

8.71e+

8.67e+3

8.62e+3

72.29

65.45

40.12

36.44

12.71

18.76

20.71

21.82

WOA

8.44e+3

8.701e+

8.63e+3

8.61e+3

72.16

65.34

39.23

36.21

12.65

18.21

20.13

21.65