A critical analysis of the bat algorithm

Abstract This article presents an analysis of the bat algorithm (BA) based on elementary mathematical analysis and statistical comparisons of the first hitting time performance metric distributions obtained on a test set comprising five carefully selected objective functions. The findings show that...

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Main Authors: Iannick Gagnon, Alain April, Alain Abran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-08-01
Series:Engineering Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12212