“…The obtained results are compared with those obtained by employing quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm (QEA) [25], quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm (WDA) [32], small population-based particle swarm optimization (SPSO) [33], real coded genetic algorithm (RCGA) [34], real-coded quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm (RQEA) [25], DE [25], modified differential evolution (MDE) [33], differential real-coded quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm (DRQEA) [25], hybrid chemical reaction optimization (HCRO)-DE [35], modified adaptive particle swarm optimization (MAPSO) [36], real-coded genetic algorithm and artificial fish swarm algorithm (RCGA-AFSA) [34], teaching learning-based optimization (TLBO) [37], smallpopulation-based particle swarm optimization (SPPSO) [33], self-organizing hierarchical particle swarm optimization technique with time-varying acceleration coefficients (SOHPSO_TVAC) [38], PSO [39], improved differential evolution (IDE) [40], fuzzy adaptive particle swarm optimization (FAPSO) [39], dynamic neighborhood learning based particle swarm optimization (DNLPSO) [15], and modified dynamic neighborhood learning based particle swarm optimization (MDNLPSO) [15], and is shown in Table 2. As it can be observed from this table, the best reported cost for this case is equal to $914,660, which is related to FAPSO [39], while total operational cost of the solution obtained by the proposed The obtained results are compared with those obtained by employing quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm (QEA) [25], quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm (WDA) [32], small population-based particle swarm optimization (SPSO) [33], real coded genetic algorithm (RCGA) [34], real-coded quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm (RQEA) [25], DE [25], modified differential evolution (MDE) [33], differential real-coded quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm (DRQEA) [25], hybrid chemical reaction optimization (HCRO)-DE ...…”