A Comparative Study of Classical Evolutionary Programming and Bat Algorithm

Evolutionary Programming is an algorithm which uses natural selection of the fittest. In Classical Evolutionary Programming (CEP) uses Gaussian mutation. CEP is better at search in a small local neighborhood. It offers the best results for the unimodal and multimodal functions with only a few local minima. On the other hand, Swarm Intelligence algorithm inspired by natural behavior. Swarm Intelligence algorithm is the collective behavior of decentralized self-organized system. In this paper, we conducted an experimental comparison between CEP and a Swarm Intelligence algorithm - BAT. The experimental data shows that CEP performs better than BAT algorithm.