Abrupt development of resources and rising expenses of infrastructure are leading
institutions to take on cloud computing. Albeit, the cloud environment is vulnerable to various …

Medical image segmentation, which is a complex and fundamental step in medical image
processing, can help doctors make more precise decisions on patient diagnosis. Although …

Nowadays, cloud computing is growing daily and has been developed as an effective and
flexible paradigm in solving large-scale problems. It has been known as an Internet-based …

Abstract Sine Cosine Algorithm (SCA), as a recently viral population-based meta-heuristic,
which is in the extensive application for a variety of optimization cases. Regardless of the …

The slime mould algorithm (SMA) is a new meta-heuristic algorithm recently proposed. The
algorithm is inspired by the foraging behavior of polycephalus slime moulds. It simulates the …

Flash floods pose a major challenge in various regions of the world, causing serious
damage to life and property. Here we investigated the Izvorul Dorului river basin from …

The hunger games search (HGS) algorithm is a recently proposed population-based
optimization algorithm that mimics a common phenomenon of animals searching for food …

Predicting information cascade popularity is a fundamental problem in social networks.
Capturing temporal attributes and cascade role information (eg, cascade graphs and …

Background Decision-making in the stock market is convoluted as it requires significant
trading experience and knowledge. Faced with a huge range of stocks, investors in the stock …

Reactive power compensation is one of the practical tools that can be used to improve
power systems and reduce costs. These benefits are achieved when the compensators are …