Table 5.

The levels and factors of the algorithm’s parameters to tune the algorithms set out

Algorithm	Factor	Level
GWO, MGWO	Maximum Iteration ($Maxit)$	A = 200, B = 400, C = 600
	Number of search agents ($N$)	A = 20, B = 60, C = 100
	Initial population of wolves $\left(\mathit{nPop}\right)$	A = 50, B = 100, C = 150
VNS	Maximum Iteration ($Maxit)$	A = 200, B = 400, C = 600
	Number of neighborhood ($nn)$	A = 20, B = 30, C = 20
	Population size $\left(\mathit{nPop}\right)$	A = 50, B = 100, C = 150