The simplicity, transparency, reliability, high efficiency and robust nature of PID controllers
are some of the reasons for their high popularity and acceptance for control in process …

The whale optimization algorithm (WOA) is a nature‐inspired metaheuristic optimization
algorithm, which was proposed by Mirjalili and Lewis in 2016. This algorithm has shown its …

Developing cyber security is very necessary and has attracted considerable attention from
academy and industry organizations worldwide. It is also very necessary to provide …

Abstract Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) is a popular swarm-based algorithm with
some spotted defects in its generated patterns during the searching phases. In this study, an …

Radiology is a broad subject that needs more knowledge and understanding of medical
science to identify tumors accurately. The need for a tumor detection program, thus …

This paper proposes a new meta-heuristic algorithm called Pathfinder Algorithm (PFA) to
solve optimization problems with different structure. This method is inspired by collective …

During the past decade, solving complex optimization problems with metaheuristic
algorithms has received considerable attention among practitioners and researchers …

Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms, Second Edition provides an introduction to all
major nature-inspired algorithms for optimization. The book's unified approach, balancing …

In recent years, the widespread deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) applications has
contributed to the development of smart cities. A smart city utilizes IoT-enabled technologies …

With a hypothesis that the social hierarchy of the grey wolves would be also followed in their
searching positions, an improved grey wolf optimization (GWO) algorithm with variable …