“…It should be noted that the obtained results are equal to the optimal number reported in the available literatures (Baldwin, Mili, Boisen, & Adapa, 1993;Chakrabarti & Kyriakides, 2008;Dua, Dambhare, Gajbhiye, & Soman, 2006;Kavasseri & Srinivasan, 2011;Xu & Abur, 2004;Xu, Yoon, & Abur, 2005). It justifies that proposed ABC algorithm can be able to produce a better quality solution for solving the SOPP problem.…”