Table 4 ANOVA analysis for the montage workflow.

From: Efficient workflow scheduling in fog-cloud collaboration using a hybrid IPSO-GWO algorithm

Task size

Metric

Mean value

F-statistic

P-value

Significant

Best algorithm

100

Makespan

568.52

0.70136

0.59512

No

IPSO-GWO

100

Energy consumption

194.01

19.024

3.2139e−09

Yes

IPSO-GWO

100

Cost

525.08

0.89501

0.47485

No

IPSO-GWO

500

Makespan

1545.9

1.3126

0.27977

No

IPSO-GWO

500

Energy consumption

1063.5

12.591

5.9047e−07

Yes

IPSO-GWO

500

Cost

1473.9

2.4072

0.063283

No

IPSO-GWO

1000

Makespan

1473.9

0.92321

0.45889

No

IPSO-GWO

1000

Energy consumption

2322.4

26.347

2.719e−11

Yes

IPSO-GWO

1000

Cost

3206.6

0.25994

0.90205

No

IPSO-GWO