Virtual Machine Replica Placement Using a Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm

Table 9

The ANOVA test regarding utilization of first-fit, next-fit, best-fit, PSO, NSGA-III, and MOEA/D algorithms.

	Source of variation	SS	df	MS	F	Sig.	F crit
Number of PMs	Between groups	4015382.74	5	803076.55	19.50	2.18915E − 05	3.11
	Within groups	494128.83	12	41177.40
	Total	4509511.57	17
Distance	Between groups	44173994.44	5	8834798.89	1.48	0.266183005	3.11
	Within groups	71496377.67	12	5958031.47
	Total	115670372.11	17
Performance degrading	Between groups	791787.28	5	158357.46	36.67	7.26942E − 07	3.11
	Within groups	51827.67	12	4318.97
	Total	843614.94	17
Fitness values	Between groups	1240.29	5	248.06	36.70	7.23549E − 07	3.11
	Within groups	81.12	12	6.76
	Total	1321.40	17