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Item More is not Always Better: Insights from a Massive Comparison of Meta-heuristic Algorithms over Real-Parameter Optimization Problems(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021) Del Ser, Javier; Osaba, Eneko; Martinez, Aritz D.; Bilbao, Miren Nekane; Poyatos, Javier; Molina, Daniel; Herrera, Francisco; IA; QuantumMuch controversy has been lately risen around the design and performance of modern bio-inspired optimization methods, in particular due to the alleged lack of algorithmic novelty in their definition with respect to traditional heuristic solvers. In this work we present a first attempt at shedding empirical evidence over this debate, for which results of a benchmark with unprecedented scales in terms of problems and algorithms are reported and discussed. Specifically, informed conclusions are held in what refers to the claimed superior performance of these bio-inspired solvers and their competitiveness when compared to competition-winning alternatives. Finally, we prove that the tailored selection of a subset of problems and techniques can unfairly bias the comparisons favoring any of such algorithms, ultimately arriving at illusory conclusions about their comparative performance.