Ant Colony Optimisation Parameters

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To whom might be interested in helping me out,

I am working on a modified Ant Colony Optimisation algorithm. I feed the algorithm with five independent variables: AntCount, IterationCount, Beta, Alpha and the Number of Nodes. AntCount goes from 10 to 100. (In steps of 10). IterationCount goes from 10 to 100. (In steps of 10). Beta goes from 1 to 10. (In steps of 1). Alpha goes from 0.1 to 0.6 (In steps of 0.1).

An example of data set that I would get back from the algorithm looks like: DataTable

My main idea is/was to plot all data at the same time to see which combination of parameters provides the best balance between performance and solution quality. However, I do not really know how to do that (graphically).

Besides plotting, which analysis would you perform on the data to support the graphs?.

Thanks for your time and consideration, it's highly appreciated!

P.S: I'm able to use SPSS or Microsoft Excel.