Method and ref.

Research space (N)

Parameters

Notations in the text

Iterations (t)

Real GA

100 “individual”

The probability of crossover = 0.8

The probability of mutation = 0.1,

κ = 0.8, δ = 100,000

Figure 1 and Equation (2)

Number of generations allowed = 2500

PSO [5]

100 “particle/bird”

c1 = 3, c2 = 2,

Equations (8) and (11)

Number of flights = 100

ACOA [13]

100 “ant”

α = 3.5, β = 0.5, ρ = 0.95,

Ppher = 0.1, R = 15,000,000

Equations (12) and (15)

Number of iterations = 500

HS [12]

50 “musical harmony”

HMCR = 0.9, PAR = 0.1

Figure 2

Number of improvisations = 20,000