A Population-Based Optimization Method Using Newton Fractal

Table 1

Benchmark for NPO, PSO, and FA: tested with 28 10-dimensional functions from CEC 2013 competition.

Function		Best	Worst	Median	Mean	Variance
1	NPO
	PSO
	FA
2	NPO
	PSO
	FA
3	NPO
	PSO
	FA
4	NPO
	PSO
	FA
5	NPO
	PSO
	FA
6	NPO
	PSO
	FA
7	NPO
	PSO
	FA
8	NPO
	PSO
	FA
9	NPO
	PSO
	FA
10	NPO
	PSO
	FA
11	NPO
	PSO
	FA
12	NPO
	PSO
	FA
13	NPO
	PSO
	FA
14	NPO
	PSO
	FA
15	NPO
	PSO
	FA
16	NPO
	PSO
	FA
17	NPO
	PSO
	FA
18	NPO
	PSO
	FA
19	NPO
	PSO
	FA
20	NPO
	PSO
	FA
21	NPO
	PSO
	FA
22	NPO
	PSO
	FA
23	NPO
	PSO
	FA
24	NPO
	PSO
	FA
25	NPO
	PSO
	FA
26	NPO
	PSO
	FA
27	NPO
	PSO
	FA
28	NPO
	PSO
	FA