Table 6 Performance for optimizing the combination of five drugs in the presence of noise.
|  | Noise level | Search type | Performance metric | Gur Game (simultaneous) | Gur Game (sequential) | Previous search algorithm[11](α= 1) | ARU algorithm (proposed) (α= 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
f5a(x) | (2%) | A | success rate unique comb. | 8% | 9% | 100% | 100% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 2.1 | 4.4 | 139.3 | 122.5 |
| Â | Â | B | success rate iterations | 9% | 11% | 100% | 100% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 2.1 | 6.0 | 172.4 | 154.9 |
| Â | (5%) | A | success rate unique comb. | 9% | 11% | 100% | 100% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 3.9 | 7.9 | 142.1 | 129.1 |
| Â | Â | B | success rate iterations | 9% | 12% | 100% | 100% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 108.3 | 38.6 | 177.1 | 155.6 |
| Â | (8%) | A | success rate unique comb. | 10% | 13% | 100% | 100% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 7.1 | 20.2 | 144.5 | 131.4 |
| Â | Â | B | success rate iterations | 9% | 13% | 100% | 100% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 191.4 | 70.8 | 182.3 | 156.5 |
f5b(x) | (2%) | A | success rate unique comb. | 89% | 55% | 100% | 100% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 917.9 | 1026.3 | 407.1 | 343.9 |
| Â | Â | B | success rate iterations | 90% | 55% | 100% | 100% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 999.8 | 1325.1 | 516.5 | 444.3 |
| Â | (5%) | A | success rate unique comb. | 90% | 59% | 97% | 98% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 932.8 | 1002.7 | 507.7 | 463.6 |
| Â | Â | B | success rate iterations | 90% | 56% | 99% | 99% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 1004.7 | 1332.7 | 656.9 | 562.4 |
| Â | (8%) | A | success rate unique comb. | 91% | 59% | 97% | 98% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 959.5 | 971.2 | 578.8 | 534.8 |
| Â | Â | B | success rate iterations | 90% | 56% | 99% | 99% |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | 1015.2 | 1341.0 | 735.0 | 668.6 |