Abstract: The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link. This article performs a study on correlation between pairs of variables in dependence on the problem dimensionality. Two tests, based on Pearson and Spearman coefficients, have been designed and used in this work. In total, $86$ test problems ranging between 10 and 1000 variables have been studied. If the most commonly used experimental conditions are used, the correlation between pairs of variables...
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