Nature-inspired optimization algorithms and their significance in multi-thresholding image segmentation: an inclusive review

R Rai, A Das, KG Dhal - Evolving Systems, 2022 - Springer
Multilevel Thresholding (MLT) is considered as a significant and imperative research field in
image segmentation that can efficiently resolve difficulties aroused while analyzing the …

An improved African vultures optimization algorithm using different fitness functions for multi-level thresholding image segmentation

FS Gharehchopogh, T Ibrikci - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2024 - Springer
Image segmentation is one of the most significant and required procedures in pre-
processing and analyzing images. Metaheuristic optimization algorithms are used to solve a …

An efficient multi-thresholding based COVID-19 CT images segmentation approach using an improved equilibrium optimizer

EH Houssein, BE Helmy, D Oliva, P Jangir… - … Signal Processing and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Optimization is the process of searching for the optimal (best-so-far) solution among a wide
range of solutions. Besides, in the last two decades, a family of algorithms known as …

An efficient orthogonal opposition-based learning slime mould algorithm for maximum power point tracking

EH Houssein, BE Helmy, H Rezk… - Neural Computing and …, 2022 - Springer
The slime mould algorithm (SMA) is a recent physics-based optimization approach. The
main inspiration of the SMA is motivated by the natural oscillating state of the slime mould …

An adaptive position-guided gravitational search algorithm for function optimization and image threshold segmentation

A Guo, Y Wang, L Guo, R Zhang, Y Yu, S Gao - Engineering Applications of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gravitational search algorithm is a population-based optimization method. To address its
low search performance and premature convergence, a novel variant called adaptive …

Research on tire crack detection using image deep learning method

SL Lin - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Driving can understand the importance of tire tread depth and air pressure, but most people
are unaware of the safety risks of tire oxidation. Drivers must maintain vehicle tire quality to …

A grade-based search adaptive random slime mould optimizer for lupus nephritis image segmentation

M Shi, C Chen, L Liu, F Kuang, D Zhao… - Computers in Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The segmentation of medical images is a crucial and demanding step in medical image
processing that offers a solid foundation for subsequent extraction and analysis of medical …

Fast and robust spatial fuzzy bounded k-plane clustering method for human brain MRI image segmentation

P Kumar, RK Agrawal, D Kumar - Applied Soft Computing, 2023 - Elsevier
Fuzzy k-plane clustering (FkPC) is a soft plane-based clustering that efficiently clusters non-
spherically distributed data. However, the FkPC method is sensitive to noise and provides …

Bibliometric analysis of nature inspired optimization techniques

AM Dalavi, A Gomes, AJ Husain - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Nature-inspired optimization has gained immense popularity over the past six decades and
has been extensively used across various disciplines. This paper aims to statistically …

An adaptive firefly algorithm for multilevel image thresholding based on minimum cross-entropy

Y Wang, S Song - The Journal of Supercomputing, 2022 - Springer
Multilevel thresholding image segmentation has attracted a lot of attention in the last several
years since it has plenty of applications. The traditional exhaustive search methods are …