Comparative Results: Group Search Optimizer and Central Force Optimization

Abstract: This note compares the performance of two multidimensional search and optimization algorithms: Group Search Optimizer and Central Force Optimization. GSO is a new state-of-the-art algorithm that has gained some notoriety, consequently providing an excellent yardstick for measuring the performance of other algorithms. CFO is a novel deterministic metaheuristic that has performed well against GSO in previous tests. The CFO implementation reported here includes architectural improvements in errant probe retrieval and decision space adaptation that result in even better performance. Detailed results are provided for the twenty-three function benchmark suite used to evaluate GSO. CFO performs better than or essentially as well as GSO on twenty functions and nearly as well on one of the remaining three. Includes update 24 February 2010.