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. 2013 Nov 6;4(4):646–662. doi: 10.3390/insects4040646

Table 3.

The best test parameters for the BA after parameter tuning.

Parameters Value
Number of Scout Bees in the Selected Patches (n) 50
Number of Best Patches in the Selected Patches (m) 15
Number of Elite Patches in the Selected Best Patches (e) 3
Number of Recruited Bees in the Elite Patches (nep) 12
Number of Recruited Bees in the Non-Elite Best Patches (nsp) 8
The Size of neighborhood for Each Patches (ngh) 1
Number of Iterations (Maxiter) 5000
Difference between the First Iteration Value and the Last Iteration (diff) 0.001
Shrinking Constant (sc) 2
Number of Repetitions for Shrinking Process (rep_nshr) 10
Number of Repetitions for Enhancement Process (rep_nenh) 25
Number of Repetitions for Site Abandonment (rep_naban) 100