This paper completely introduces an exhaustive and a comprehensive review of the so-
called salp swarm algorithm (SSA) and discussions its main characteristics. SSA is one of …

Multi-verse optimizer (MVO) is considered one of the recent metaheuristics. MVO algorithm
is inspired from the theory of multi-verse in astrophysics. This chapter discusses the …

Recently, many optimization algorithms have been applied for Feature selection (FS)
problems and show a clear outperformance in comparison with traditional FS methods …

Hybrid renewable energy (HRE) sources have become a popular alternative in isolated and
rural locations; because of the increased prices of fossil fuels and their CO2 emissions. This …

Abstract Software Defect Estimation (SDE) is a fundamental problem solving mechanism in
the field of software engineering (SE). SDE is a task that identifies software models that are …

Salp swarm algorithm is a recent introduction in the field of swarm intelligent algorithms and
has proved its worth over various research domains. Though it is a competitive algorithm but …

Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer and early detection can
significantly decrease the associated mortality rate. Different kinds of segmentation methods …

Data analysis in medicine is becoming more and more frequent to clarify diagnoses, refine
research methods, and plan appropriate equipment supplies according to the importance of …

Unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem (UPMSP) with sequence-dependent setup
times has received more attention due to its various industrial and scheduling applications …

Abstract Salp Swarm Algorithm (SSA) is a recent metaheuristic algorithm developed from the
inspiration of salps' swarming behavior and characterized by a simple search mechanism …