Research Article
Comparative Study on EDM Parameter Optimization for Adsorbed Si3N4–TiN using TOPSIS and GRA Coupled with TLBO Algorithm
Table 14
Comparison of verification test for various optimization techniques.
| S.no | Output parameters | GRA | TOPSIS | TLBO |
| 1 | MRR (g/min) | Trial 1 | 0.00224 | 0.00199 | 0.00498 | Trial 2 | 0.00198 | 0.00221 | 0.00591 | Trial 3 | 0.00227 | 0.00230 | 0.00544 | Trial 4 | 0.00222 | 0.00204 | 0.00561 | Trial 5 | 0.00209 | 0.00219 | 0.00553 | Average | 0.00216 | 0.00215 | 0.00549 |
| 2 | EWR (g/min) | Trial 1 | 0.00055 | 0.00062 | 0.00092 | Trial 2 | 0.00061 | 0.00061 | 0.00190 | Trial 3 | 0.00057 | 0.00056 | 0.00181 | Trial 4 | 0.00061 | 0.00059 | 0.00199 | Trial 5 | 0.00062 | 0.00060 | 0.00177 | Average | 0.00059 | 0.00060 | 0.00168 |
| 3 | SR (μm) | Trial 1 | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.82 | Trial 2 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.9 | Trial 3 | 0.8 | 0.81 | 0.89 | Trial 4 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.96 | Trial 5 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.95 | Average | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.90 |
| 4 | ROC (mm) | Trial 1 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.16 | Trial 2 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.19 | Trial 3 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.14 | Trial 4 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.15 | Trial 5 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.19 | Average | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.17 |
| 5 | θ (deg) | Trial 1 | 0.1089 | 0.1102 | 0.0910 | Trial 2 | 0.1099 | 0.1099 | 0.0891 | Trial 3 | 0.1101 | 0.1097 | 0.0852 | Trial 4 | 0.1089 | 0.1096 | 0.0888 | Trial 5 | 0.1095 | 0.1092 | 0.0869 | Average | 0.1095 | 0.1097 | 0.0882 |
| 6 | CIR (mm) | Trial 1 | 0.0308 | 0.0308 | 0.0301 | Trial 2 | 0.0281 | 0.0314 | 0.0210 | Trial 3 | 0.0313 | 0.0306 | 0.0202 | Trial 4 | 0.0304 | 0.0279 | 0.0289 | Trial 5 | 0.0335 | 0.0328 | 0.0221 | Average | 0.0308 | 0.0307 | 0.0245 |
| 7 | CYL (mm) | Trial 1 | 0.0121 | 0.0128 | 0.0152 | Trial 2 | 0.0132 | 0.0123 | 0.0159 | Trial 3 | 0.0129 | 0.0120 | 0.0182 | Trial 4 | 0.0115 | 0.0112 | 0.0181 | Trial 5 | 0.0122 | 0.0128 | 0.0170 | Average | 0.0124 | 0.0122 | 0.0169 |
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