Two Approaches For Solving Nonlinear Equation Systems: Newton Raphson and Red Fox

Abstract

In this study, the results obtained by using the Red Fox method, a new metaheuristic optimization method, and the Newton Raphson method, which is one of the numerical methods, in finding the solutions of nonlinear systems of equations, are compared and these comparative analyses are evaluated and recommendations are presented.

Keywords

• Root finding
• Optimization algorithms
• Newton-Raphson algorithm
• Red fox algorithm.

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