Multilevel threshold image segmentation for COVID-19 chest radiography: A framework using horizontal and vertical multiverse optimization

H Su, D Zhao, H Elmannai, AA Heidari… - Computers in Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 is currently raging worldwide, with more patients being diagnosed every day. It
usually is diagnosed by examining pathological photographs of the patient's lungs. There is …

Dispersed foraging slime mould algorithm: Continuous and binary variants for global optimization and wrapper-based feature selection

J Hu, W Gui, AA Heidari, Z Cai, G Liang, H Chen… - Knowledge-Based …, 2022 - Elsevier
The slime mould algorithm (SMA) is a logical swarm-based stochastic optimizer that is easy
to understand and has a strong optimization capability. However, the SMA is not suitable for …

Simulated annealing-based dynamic step shuffled frog leaping algorithm: Optimal performance design and feature selection

Y Liu, AA Heidari, Z Cai, G Liang, H Chen, Z Pan… - Neurocomputing, 2022 - Elsevier
The shuffled frog leaping algorithm is a new optimization algorithm proposed to solve the
combinatorial optimization problem, which effectively combines the memetic algorithm …

Boosting whale optimization with evolution strategy and Gaussian random walks: An image segmentation method

AG Hussien, AA Heidari, X Ye, G Liang, H Chen… - Engineering with …, 2023 - Springer
Stochastic optimization has been found in many applications, especially for several local
optima problems, because of their ability to explore and exploit various zones of the feature …

Image segmentation of Leaf Spot Diseases on Maize using multi-stage Cauchy-enabled grey wolf algorithm

H Yu, J Song, C Chen, AA Heidari, J Liu, H Chen… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Grey wolf optimizer (GWO) is a widespread metaphor-based algorithm based on the
enhanced variants of velocity-free particle swarm optimizer with proven defects and …

Boosted kernel search: Framework, analysis and case studies on the economic emission dispatch problem

R Dong, H Chen, AA Heidari, H Turabieh… - Knowledge-Based …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, a variety of meta-heuristic nature-inspired algorithms have been proposed to
solve complex optimization problems. However, these algorithms suffer from the …

Boosting slime mould algorithm for parameter identification of photovoltaic models

Y Liu, AA Heidari, X Ye, G Liang, H Chen, C He - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Estimating the photovoltaic model's unknown parameters efficiently and accurately can
determine the solar cell's efficacy in converting the solar energy into electricity. For this …

Ant colony optimization with Cauchy and greedy Levy mutations for multilevel COVID 19 X-ray image segmentation

L Liu, D Zhao, F Yu, AA Heidari, C Li, J Ouyang… - Computers in biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the study of multilevel COVID-19 X-ray image segmentation based on
swarm intelligence optimization to improve the diagnostic level of COVID-19. We present a …

Multilevel threshold image segmentation with diffusion association slime mould algorithm and Renyi's entropy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

S Zhao, P Wang, AA Heidari, H Chen… - Computers in Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Image segmentation is an essential pre-processing step and is an indispensable part of
image analysis. This paper proposes Renyi's entropy multi-threshold image segmentation …

Performance optimization of differential evolution with slime mould algorithm for multilevel breast cancer image segmentation

L Liu, D Zhao, F Yu, AA Heidari, J Ru, H Chen… - Computers in Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is one of the most dangerous diseases for women's health, and it is imperative
to provide the necessary diagnostic assistance for it. The medical image processing …