Table 24 Ablation Study Results (Average of 30 Independent Runs).
Algorithm Variant | Best Fitness (Mean) | Std. Dev. | Convergence Iterations | Feasibility Rate | Final DIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EGWOA (Full) | 2.851 | 0.009 | 251.3 | 100% | 0.087 |
w/o Chaotic Init. | 2.869 | 0.015 | 265.7 | 100% | 0.082 |
w/o Adaptive Mutation | 2.892 | 0.021 | 278.4 | 97% | 0.071 |
w/o Lévy Flight | 2.908 | 0.018 | 271.2 | 100% | 0.075 |
w/o Opposition-Based Learning | 2.877 | 0.013 | 259.1 | 100% | 0.080 |
w/o Local Search | 2.899 | 0.020 | 280.9 | 100% | 0.089 |
Standard GWO | 3.524 | 0.142 | 300 (max) | 100% | 0.041 |