Table 7.

CEC2017 composite functions tested with $n=2$ by using only 10 iterations (only for the PSS, PFA, WOA, and PSO and equivalent evaluations for the MPSFHS) for $f_{c,1}\to f_{c,8}$ – reported the error values here $(f_{c,i}({\mathit{x}}_{\mathit{i}})-f_{c,i}({\mathit{x}}_{\mathrm{opt}}))$

Algorithm		$f_{c,1}$	$f_{c,2}$	$f_{c,3}$	$f_{c,4}$	$f_{c,5}$	$f_{c,6}$	$f_{c,7}$	$f_{c,8}$
PSS	Min	2.4285E−02	6.5834E−02	6.0717E−02	7.2868E+00	2.8464E−01	6.2283E−02	6.4629E−01	5.5129E+00
	Max	1.0018E+02	1.1226E+02	3.0392E+02	2.0635E+02	2.1118E+02	2.0057E+02	1.8914E+02	2.1992E+02
	Median	4.1376E+00	1.2610E+01	7.0064E+01	1.0059E+02	1.0614E+02	1.7070E+00	2.6410E+00	1.0117E+02
	Mean	1.9017E+01	2.5048E+01	9.4231E+01	1.0793E+02	1.1002E+02	2.7532E+01	2.7133E+01	1.0510E+02
	Std	3.1468E+01	3.3741E+01	1.1463E+02	5.5402E+01	6.1274E+01	5.2681E+01	5.0566E+01	7.5755E+01
PFA	Min	5.1962E−02	2.0261E−02	7.8146E−01	2.1461E+01	6.7842E+00	8.8438E−02	1.3907E+00	1.2169E+01
	Max	1.0021E+02	1.0230E+02	3.0303E+02	2.0244E+02	3.0168E+02	2.0858E+02	4.0021E+02	3.5366E+02
	Median	4.0589E−01	8.0329E-01	9.6471E+00	1.0142E+02	1.0713E+02	1.9240E+00	3.6875E+00	1.1203E+02
	Mean	4.2739E+00	9.5696E+00	9.5648E+01	1.0874E+02	1.1802E+02	9.1956E+00	1.7240E+01	1.3732E+02
	Std	1.8221E+01	2.5488E+01	1.3689E+02	3.7036E+01	8.2871E+01	3.7697E+01	7.2359E+01	7.4851E+01
WOA	Min	3.9120E−02	4.6032E−02	3.8543E−01	1.4056E+01	3.4195E+00	3.7880E−01	2.4574E+00	3.2645E+01
	Max	1.1761E+02	2.3130E+01	3.0207E+02	2.1358E+02	3.0999E+02	2.0312E+02	1.8917E+02	3.0409E+02
	Median	6.1233E−01	1.0885E+01	5.3677E+00	1.0070E+02	1.1937E+02	5.3988E+00	2.4332E+01	1.6472E+02
	Mean	4.9854E+00	8.9399E+00	1.0609E+02	1.0771E+02	1.3170E+02	2.2009E+01	4.8168E+01	1.6502E+02
	Std	2.1319E+01	5.9659E+00	1.2264E+02	3.3913E+01	9.4636E+01	4.6116E+01	5.4586E+01	6.5213E+01
MPSFHS	Min	1.3582E+00	3.0120E−01	8.8972E+00	9.2268E+01	3.1234E+01	1.6434E−01	3.5703E+00	5.2473E+01
	Max	6.0320E+01	1.1324E+02	3.0430E+02	2.0983E+02	3.1993E+02	1.4941E+02	7.8858E+01	3.0867E+02
	Median	1.9290E+01	2.4465E+01	7.5047E+01	1.3201E+02	2.0406E+02	4.1046E+01	2.8917E+01	1.4537E+02
	Mean	2.1165E+01	3.0313E+01	1.0591E+02	1.4425E+02	1.8885E+02	4.8282E+01	3.3665E+01	1.5904E+02
	Std	1.7733E+01	2.3374E+01	8.9850E+01	3.8189E+01	7.9865E+01	3.5734E+01	1.9670E+01	5.5776E+01
PSO	Min	3.0762E−01	6.8406E−01	2.4319E+00	7.1158E+01	1.1524E+01	2.9869E+00	5.9283E+00	4.4153E+01
	Max	1.0109E+02	1.7330E+01	3.0334E+02	1.6073E+02	2.8149E+02	2.2489E+02	4.0218E+02	2.1841E+02
	Median	5.8090E+00	7.5109E+00	2.6452E+01	1.1033E+02	1.4209E+02	2.0422E+01	2.1516E+01	1.2396E+02
	Mean	9.4914E+00	8.2878E+00	1.1008E+02	1.1224E+02	1.4144E+02	2.7641E+01	3.4890E+01	1.3874E+02
	Std	1.7832E+01	4.8397E+00	1.3079E+02	1.5796E+01	7.7616E+01	3.8640E+01	7.0202E+01	4.8416E+01