Table 6 Parameters Details for Existing and Proposed Algorithms.

From: A multi-objective approach to load balancing in cloud environments integrating ACO and WWO techniques

Algorithm

Parameter

Value

Description

Proposed hybrid WWO-ACO

Population size

100

Size of the population for iterations

Max iterations

200

Maximum number of iterations for convergence

Initial pheromone

0.1

Starting amount of pheromone in the algorithm

Max wave height

10

Maximum height of the waves

Convergence threshold

0.001

The threshold for determining convergence

GA

Population size

100

Size of the population for the genetic algorithm

Max iterations

200

Maximum number of iterations for convergence

Crossover rate

0.8

The rate at which crossover occurs

Mutation rate

0.01

Mutation Rate

SMO

Global learning limit (GLL)

45

Shows the GLL limit

Local learning limit (L)

55

Shows the LLL limit

Max generations (GN)

100

Shows the GN count

Probability range (pr)

[0.1,0.4]

Shows the pr count

WWO

Number of waves

50

Shows the wave count

Max iterations

200

Shows the iteration count

Initial wavelength

0.8

Shows the wave-length count

ACO

Pheromone Importance(q)

0.5

Shows q count

initial pheromone

0.05

Shows the count for the initial stage

Number of ants

20

Shows ant count

max iterations

200

Shows the iteration max count