Table 10 Findings from the IEEE CEC2005 benchmark functions for unimodal, multimodal, and fixed-dimensional multimodal (the top solutions have been highlighted).

From: An enhanced opposition-based African vulture optimizer for solving engineering design problems and global optimization

Func

SCA

PSO

SSA

WOA

AVO

OBAVO

ROBAVO

EOBAVO

F1

Mean

3.84E−08

1.90E−107

3.96E−07

2.53E−16

1.70E−299

1.40E−298

1.60E−298

0.00E+00

Std

7.94E−08

1.10E−106

8.64E−07

9.67E−17

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

t-values

− 2.65E+00

− 1.00E+00

− 2.51E+00

− 1.43E+01

#DIV/0!

#DIV/0!

#DIV/0!

NA

F2

Mean

5.04E−02

2.93E−57

9.05E−02

5.57E−02

5.90E−146

9.10E−113

1.00E−112

1.85E−256

Std

6.23E−02

1.26E−56

4.51E−01

1.94E−01

3.20E−145

5.90E−128

5.80E−128

0.00E+00

t-values

− 4.43E+00

− 1.28E+00

− 1.10E+00

− 1.57E+00

− 1.00E+00

− 8.40E+15

− 9.50E+15

NA

F3

Mean

8.17E+01

7.24E−78

1.76E−06

8.97E+02

1.40E−214

2.20E−210

2.40E−210

0.00E+00

Std

5.87E+01

3.89E−77

5.49E−06

3.19E+02

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

t-values

− 7.63E+00

− 1.02E+00

− 1.76E+00

− 1.54E+01

#DIV/0!

#DIV/0!

#DIV/0!

NA

F4

Mean

2.15E+00

8.51E−49

6.36E−05

7.35E+00

1.00E−143

1.01E−03

3.01E−03

7.40E−263

Std

8.27E−01

2.19E−48

2.17E−04

1.74E+00

5.30E−143

2.61E−04

3.61E−04

0.00E+00

t-values

− 1.42E+01

− 2.13E+00

− 1.60E+00

− 2.31E+01

− 1.05E+00

− 2.12E+01

− 4.57E+01

NA

F5

Mean

4.97E+01

2.77E+01

9.47E+01

6.75E+01

6.39E−05

−1.53E+04

−1.63E+04

3.75E−05

Std

3.76E+01

7.62E−01

1.45E+02

6.22E+01

5.19E−05

2.90E+03

1.90E+03

2.83E−05

t-values

− 7.23E+00

− 1.99E+02

− 3.58E+00

− 5.95E+00

− 2.45E+00

2.89E+01

4.70E+01

NA

F6

Mean

2.46E−05

2.77E−01

1.19E−09

2.50E−16

4.22E−07

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

3.54E−07

Std

1.19E−04

1.84E−01

4.41E−10

1.74E−16

2.80E−07

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

3.27E−07

t-values

− 1.11E+00

− 8.22E+00

5.91E+00

5.93E+00

− 8.69E−01

5.93E+00

5.93E+00

NA

F7

Mean

3.01E−02

8.50E−04

1.35E−02

8.94E−02

1.60E−04

2.70E−14

1.35E+05

1.15E−04

Std

1.85E−02

8.02E−04

6.78E−03

4.34E−02

1.89E−04

1.30E−14

1.49E+03

9.45E−05

t-values

− 8.88E+00

− 4.98E+00

− 1.08E+01

− 1.13E+01

− 1.14E+00

6.70E+00

− 4.98E+02

NA

F8

Mean

−6.53E+03

−6.82E+03

−2.67E+03

−2.82E+03

−1.22E+04

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

−1.24E+04

Std

7.43E+02

9.72E+02

3.71E+02

4.93E+02

8.67E+02

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

3.44E+02

t-values

− 3.92E+01

− 2.96E+01

− 1.05E+02

− 8.71E+01

− 1.19E+00

− 1.97E+02

− 1.97E+02

NA

F9

Mean

5.02E+01

0.00E+00

1.59E+01

2.60E+01

0.00E+00

6.16E−04

5.26E−04

0.00E+00

Std

1.32E+01

0.00E+00

6.70E+00

7.47E+00

0.00E+00

3.40E−04

4.20E−04

0.00E+00

t-values

− 2.09E+01

#DIV/0!

− 1.30E+01

− 1.90E+01

#DIV/0!

− 9.91E+00

− 6.85E+00

NA

F10

Mean

1.65E+00

8.88E−16

9.59E−01

6.21E−02

4.44E−16

1.41E−03

2.51E−03

4.44E−16

Std

7.01E−01

1.00E−31

8.74E−01

2.36E−01

3.01E−31

7.49E−04

7.89E−04

3.01E−31

t-values

− 1.29E+01

− 7.70E+15

− 6.01E+00

− 1.44E+00

0.00E+00

− 1.03E+01

− 1.74E+01

NA

F11

Mean

3.72E−02

0.00E+00

1.99E−01

2.77E+01

0.00E+00

4.13E+00

1.36E+05

0.00E+00

Std

3.61E−02

0.00E+00

1.28E−01

5.04E+00

0.00E+00

1.22E+00

1.58E+03

0.00E+00

t-values

− 5.64E+00

#DIV/0!

− 8.52E+00

− 3.01E+01

#DIV/0!

− 1.85E+01

− 4.73E+02

NA

F12

Mean

7.60E−02

1.28E−02

6.53E−01

1.80E+00

6.09E−08

1.08E−03

2.17E−03

1.94E−08

Std

1.39E−01

2.09E−02

9.09E−01

9.51E−01

2.07E−07

1.94E−04

2.34E−04

1.36E−08

t-values

− 3.00E+00

− 3.35E+00

− 3.94E+00

− 1.04E+01

− 1.09E+00

− 3.05E+01

− 5.08E+01

NA

F13

Mean

2.11E−01

1.26E+00

5.17E−02

8.90E+00

4.48E−08

−4.91E−02

−5.50E+16

3.89E−08

Std

7.18E−01

5.72E−01

5.80E−03

7.13E+00

5.86E−08

9.35E−03

5.45E−03

3.30E−08

t-values

− 1.61E+00

− 1.21E+01

− 4.88E+01

− 6.84E+00

− 4.81E−01

2.87E+01

5.49E+19

NA

F14

Mean

3.69E+00

1.92E+00

1.23E+00

5.86E+00

1.33E+00

7.92E−01

9.89E−01

1.13E+00

Std

2.62E+00

2.01E+00

6.73E−01

3.83E+00

7.06E−01

1.50E−01

3.45E−01

5.03E−01

t-values

− 5.25E+00

− 2.08E+00

− 6.46E−01

− 6.70E+00

− 1.25E+00

3.53E+00

1.27E+00

NA

F15

Mean

1.10E−03

1.95E−03

5.17E−03

3.67E−03

3.97E−04

4.62E+00

5.33E+00

3.33E−04

Std

3.65E−03

5.33E−03

9.32E−03

1.65E−03

1.18E−04

8.15E−01

9.21E−01

8.33E−05

t-values

− 1.15E+00

− 1.66E+00

− 2.84E+00

− 1.11E+01

− 2.40E+00

− 3.10E+01

− 3.17E+01

NA

F16

Mean

−1.03E+00

−1.03E+00

−1.03E+00

−1.03E+00

−1.03E+00

−2.81E+00

−2.81E+00

−1.03E+00

Std

1.00E−11

1.07E−08

2.76E−14

4.88E−16

0.00E+00

5.33E−01

5.33E−01

0.00E+00

t-values

0.00E+00

−1.49E+00

−4.94E+00

1.74E+10

#DIV/0!

1.83E+01

1.83E+01

NA

F17

Mean

3.98E−01

3.98E−01

3.98E−01

3.98E−01

3.98E−01

−1.95E+00

−1.95E+00

3.98E−01

Std

1.13E−16

1.13E−16

1.35E−14

0.00E+00

1.13E−16

3.53E−01

3.53E−01

1.13E−16

t-values

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

−4.12E+00

1.74E+10

0.00E+00

3.64E+01

3.64E+01

NA

F18

Mean

3.00E+00

3.00E+00

3.00E+00

3.00E+00

3.00E+00

−4.33E+00

−4.33E+00

3.00E+00

Std

3.03E−15

8.35E−15

1.91E−13

4.17E−15

3.24E−06

1.25E+00

1.25E+00

3.06E−06

t-values

3.40E+00

3.40E+00

3.40E+00

3.40E+00

−2.35E−01

3.21E+01

3.21E+01

NA

F19

Mean

− 3.00E−01

− 3.86E+00

− 3.86E+00

− 3.86E+00

− 3.86E+00

− 1.13E+01

− 1.13E+01

− 3.86E+00

Std

1.00E−11

4.05E−15

4.07E−10

2.29E−15

1.48E−11

2.31E+00

2.31E+00

2.53E−12

t-values

− 1.90E+12

1.30E+00

− 1.02E+00

− 4.64E+06

− 9.70E−01

1.77E+01

1.77E+01

NA

F20

Mean

−3.29E+00

−3.26E+00

−3.21E+00

−3.32E+00

−3.26E+00

−4.00E+00

−4.00E+00

−3.30E+00

Std

5.54E−02

6.05E−02

5.68E−02

2.31E−02

6.05E−02

7.21E−01

7.21E−01

4.51E−02

t-values

− 1.22E+00

− 2.88E+00

− 6.73E+00

1.69E+00

− 2.88E+00

5.30E+00

5.30E+00

NA

F21

Mean

−5.49E+00

−8.05E+00

−7.73E+00

−5.96E+00

−1.02E+01

−3.81E+00

−3.81E+00

−1.02E+01

Std

3.45E+00

2.89E+00

3.12E+00

3.74E+00

5.15E−13

7.50E−01

7.50E−01

5.29E−13

t-values

− 7.41E+00

− 3.99E+00

− 4.26E+00

− 6.15E+00

1.19E−01

− 4.63E+01

− 4.63E+01

NA

F22

Mean

−7.84E+00

−9.60E+00

−7.56E+00

−9.68E+00

−1.04E+01

−3.81E+00

−3.81E+00

−1.04E+01

Std

3.45E+00

2.09E+00

3.39E+00

2.01E+00

3.32E−13

7.50E−01

7.50E−01

3.20E−12

t-values

− 4.06E+00

− 2.10E+00

− 4.58E+00

− 1.95E+00

1.19E+00

− 4.81E+01

− 4.81E+01

NA

F23

Mean

−8.14E+00

−9.54E+00

−7.60E+00

−1.05E+01

−1.05E+01

−3.86E+00

−3.86E+00

−1.05E+01

Std

3.52E+00

2.58E+00

3.51E+00

2.60E−15

6.41E−13

7.61E−01

7.61E−01

4.56E−13

t-values

− 3.73E+00

− 2.11E+00

− 4.59E+00

− 1.20E+08

− 2.72E−01

− 4.80E+01

− 4.80E+01

NA

w/t/l

16.6.1

12.10.1

16.5.2

16.2.5

3.18.2

10.3.10

12.4.7

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