A systematic review of the whale optimization algorithm: theoretical foundation, improvements, and hybridizations

MH Nadimi-Shahraki, H Zamani… - … Methods in Engineering, 2023 - Springer
Despite the simplicity of the whale optimization algorithm (WOA) and its success in solving
some optimization problems, it faces many issues. Thus, WOA has attracted scholars' …

A critical review of moth-flame optimization algorithm and its variants: structural reviewing, performance evaluation, and statistical analysis

H Zamani, MH Nadimi-Shahraki, S Mirjalili… - … Methods in Engineering, 2024 - Springer
A growing trend of introducing new metaheuristic algorithms and their improvements is
observed with almost the same inherited weaknesses. The main reason is that a few studies …

MFO-SFR: An enhanced moth-flame optimization algorithm using an effective stagnation finding and replacing strategy

MH Nadimi-Shahraki, H Zamani, A Fatahi, S Mirjalili - Mathematics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Moth-flame optimization (MFO) is a prominent problem solver with a simple structure that is
widely used to solve different optimization problems. However, MFO and its variants …

An improved binary quantum-based avian navigation optimizer algorithm to select effective feature subset from medical data: A COVID-19 case study

A Fatahi, MH Nadimi-Shahraki, H Zamani - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Feature Subset Selection (FSS) is an NP-hard problem to remove redundant and
irrelevant features particularly from medical data, and it can be effectively addressed by …

An evolutionary crow search algorithm equipped with interactive memory mechanism to optimize artificial neural network for disease diagnosis

H Zamani, MH Nadimi-Shahraki - Biomedical Signal Processing and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Artificial neural network (ANN) is an information processing paradigm that loosely models
the thinking patterns of the human brain with specifications such as real-time learning, self …

Memory-based sand cat swarm optimization for feature selection in medical diagnosis

A Qtaish, D Albashish, M Braik, MT Alshammari… - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid expansion of medical data poses numerous challenges for Machine Learning
(ML) tasks due to their potential to include excessive noisy, irrelevant, and redundant …

A new human-based metaheuristic algorithm for solving optimization problems based on preschool education

P Trojovský - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In this paper, with motivation from the No Free Lunch theorem, a new human-based
metaheuristic algorithm named Preschool Education Optimization Algorithm (PEOA) is …

A systematic review of applying grey wolf optimizer, its variants, and its developments in different Internet of Things applications

MH Nadimi-Shahraki, H Zamani, ZA Varzaneh… - Internet of Things, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) shapes an organization of objects that can interface and
share information with different devices using sensors, computer programs, and other …

Enhanced gorilla troops optimizer powered by marine predator algorithm: global optimization and engineering design

MH Hassan, S Kamel, AW Mohamed - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study presents an advanced metaheuristic approach termed the Enhanced Gorilla
Troops Optimizer (EGTO), which builds upon the Marine Predators Algorithm (MPA) to …

A mutation-based modified binary fruit fly optimization for feature selection to predict CD4+/CD8+ T-cells epitopes

P Angaitkar, RR Janghel, TP Sahu - Soft Computing, 2023 - Springer
The healthcare sector is advancing with emerging technologies that help to detect new
diseases or viruses worldwide. Generally, virus detection is based on various symptomatic …