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Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications

Submission Deadline: 25 August 2021 (closed)

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Dr. Dilbag Singh, Manipal University Jaipur, India.
Prof. Kehui Sun, Central South University, China.
Prof. Robertas Damaševičius, Silesian University of Technology, Poland.
Dr. Ahmed A. Abd El-Latif, Menoufia University, Egypt.

Summary

Metaheuristic techniques are extensively utilized to solve many complex and real-world problems. These techniques do not provide an exact solution, but only an estimated result in feasible time. Recently, many researchers have utilized these techniques for solving the various artificial intelligence (AI) enabled applications. These techniques are generally used in two different ways to improve the AI applications. In first case, these techniques can help for evaluating the potential features from the pool of features of a given machine learning/ deep learning problem. It can improve the performance and computation speed of the given machine learning/ deep learning models. In second approach, metaheuristic techniques are widely accepted to resolve the hyper-parameters tuning issue with the most of machine learning and deep learning models. Even metaheuristic techniques are accepted as a hyper-parameters tuning tool for various kind of other techniques such as chaotic map, deep generative models, fuzzy logic, chaotic maps, etc. Therefore, the metaheuristic techniques have their own importance in various fields of computational sciences. However, most metaheuristic techniques suffer from the pre-mature convergence, stuck in local optima, poor convergence speed, etc. kind of issues.

The purpose of this special issue is to demonstrate the new development and application of metaheuristic techniques. The goal is to promote research and development of metathetic based techniques for real-time applications by publishing high-quality research papers in this interdisciplinary field that can profoundly impact the future of the metaheuristic techniques. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

 

• Evolutionary approaches

• Nature inspired optimization techniques

• Swarm intelligence

• Hybrid metaheuristic techniques

• Tuning of hyper-parameters using metaheuristic techniques

• Feature selection using metaheuristic techniques

• Metaheuristic techniques based machine learning models

• Metaheuristic techniques based deep learning models

• Metaheuristic techniques based explainable AI models

• Metaheuristic techniques based real-time applications


Keywords

Deep learning, Metaheuristic, Explainable AI, Real-time applications

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Effective Frameworks Based on Infinite Mixture Model for Real-World Applications

    Norah Saleh Alghamdi, Sami Bourouis, Nizar Bouguila
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 1139-1156, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.022959
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract Interest in automated data classification and identification systems has increased over the past years in conjunction with the high demand for artificial intelligence and security applications. In particular, recognizing human activities with accurate results have become a topic of high interest. Although the current tools have reached remarkable successes, it is still a challenging problem due to various uncontrolled environments and conditions. In this paper two statistical frameworks based on nonparametric hierarchical Bayesian models and Gamma distribution are proposed to solve some real-world applications. In particular, two nonparametric hierarchical Bayesian models based on Dirichlet process and Pitman-Yor process are developed.… More >

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    Non-integer Order Control Scheme for Pressurized Water Reactor Core Power

    Ibrahim M. Mehedi, Maher H. AL-Sereihy, Asmaa Ubaid Al-Saggaf, Ubaid M. Al-Saggaf
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 651-662, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.022013
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract Tracking load changes in a pressurized water reactor (PWR) with the help of an efficient core power control scheme in a nuclear power station is very important. The reason is that it is challenging to maintain a stable core power according to the reference value within an acceptable tolerance for the safety of PWR. To overcome the uncertainties, a non-integer-based fractional order control method is demonstrated to control the core power of PWR. The available dynamic model of the reactor core is used in this analysis. Core power is controlled using a modified state feedback approach with a non-integer integral… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Binary Fruit Fly Swarm Algorithms for the Set Covering Problem

    Broderick Crawford, Ricardo Soto, Hanns de la Fuente Mella, Claudio Elortegui, Wenceslao Palma, Claudio Torres-Rojas, Claudia Vasconcellos-Gaete, Marcelo Becerra, Javier Peña, Sanjay Misra
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.3, pp. 4295-4318, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.023068
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract Currently, the industry is experiencing an exponential increase in dealing with binary-based combinatorial problems. In this sense, metaheuristics have been a common trend in the field in order to design approaches to solve them successfully. Thus, a well-known strategy consists in the use of algorithms based on discrete swarms transformed to perform in binary environments. Following the No Free Lunch theorem, we are interested in testing the performance of the Fruit Fly Algorithm, this is a bio-inspired metaheuristic for deducing global optimization in continuous spaces, based on the foraging behavior of the fruit fly, which usually has much better sensory… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Design and Simulation of Ring Network-on-Chip for Different Configured Nodes

    Arpit Jain, Rakesh Kumar Dwivedi, Hammam Alshazly, Adesh Kumar, Sami Bourouis, Manjit Kaur
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.2, pp. 4085-4100, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.023017
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract The network-on-chip (NoC) technology is frequently referred to as a front-end solution to a back-end problem. The physical substructure that transfers data on the chip and ensures the quality of service begins to collapse when the size of semiconductor transistor dimensions shrinks and growing numbers of intellectual property (IP) blocks working together are integrated into a chip. The system on chip (SoC) architecture of today is so complex that not utilizing the crossbar and traditional hierarchical bus architecture. NoC connectivity reduces the amount of hardware required for routing and functions, allowing SoCs with NoC interconnect fabrics to operate at higher… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    A New Metaheuristic Approach to Solving Benchmark Problems: Hybrid Salp Swarm Jaya Algorithm

    Erkan Erdemir, Adem Alpaslan Altun
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.2, pp. 2923-2941, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.022797
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract Metaheuristic algorithms are one of the methods used to solve optimization problems and find global or close to optimal solutions at a reasonable computational cost. As with other types of algorithms, in metaheuristic algorithms, one of the methods used to improve performance and achieve results closer to the target result is the hybridization of algorithms. In this study, a hybrid algorithm (HSSJAYA) consisting of salp swarm algorithm (SSA) and jaya algorithm (JAYA) is designed. The speed of achieving the global optimum of SSA, its simplicity, easy hybridization and JAYA's success in achieving the best solution have given us the idea… More >

  • Open Access

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    Optimization of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic System Using Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm

    Saima Hassan, Mojtaba Ahmadieh Khanesar, Nazar Kalaf Hussein, Samir Brahim Belhaouari, Usman Amjad, Wali Khan Mashwani
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.2, pp. 3513-3531, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.022018
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract The estimation of the fuzzy membership function parameters for interval type 2 fuzzy logic system (IT2-FLS) is a challenging task in the presence of uncertainty and imprecision. Grasshopper optimization algorithm (GOA) is a fresh population based meta-heuristic algorithm that mimics the swarming behavior of grasshoppers in nature, which has good convergence ability towards optima. The main objective of this paper is to apply GOA to estimate the optimal parameters of the Gaussian membership function in an IT2-FLS. The antecedent part parameters (Gaussian membership function parameters) are encoded as a population of artificial swarm of grasshoppers and optimized using its algorithm.… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    OBSO Based Fractional PID for MPPT-Pitch Control of Wind Turbine Systems

    Ibrahim M. Mehedi, Ubaid M. Al-Saggaf, Mahendiran T. Vellingiri, Ahmad H. Milyani, Nordin Bin Saad, Nor Zaihar Bin Yahaya
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.2, pp. 4001-4017, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021981
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract In recent times, wind energy receives maximum attention and has become a significant green energy source globally. The wind turbine (WT) entered into several domains such as power electronics that are employed to assist the connection process of a wind energy system and grid. The turbulent characteristics of wind profile along with uncertainty in the design of WT make it highly challenging for prolific power extraction. The pitch control angle is employed to effectively operate the WT at the above nominal wind speed. Besides, the pitch controller needs to be intelligent for the extraction of sustainable secure energy and keep… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Hybrid Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Scheduling in Cloud Computing

    Manoj Kumar, Suman
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.1, pp. 1641-1660, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021793
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract Cloud computing has gained widespread popularity over the last decade. Scheduling problem in cloud computing is prejudiced due to enormous demands of cloud users. Meta-heuristic techniques in cloud computing have exhibited high performance in comparison to traditional scheduling algorithms. This paper presents a novel hybrid Nesterov Accelerated Gradient-based Cuckoo Search Algorithm (NAGCSA) to address the scheduling issue in cloud computing. Nesterov Accelerated Gradient can address trapping at local minima in CSA by updating the position using future approximation. The local search in the proposed algorithm is performed by using Nesterov Accelerated Gradient, while the global search is performed by using… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Optimal Parameter Estimation of Transmission Line Using Chaotic Initialized Time-Varying PSO Algorithm

    Abdullah Shoukat, Muhammad Ali Mughal, Saifullah Younus Gondal, Farhana Umer, Tahir Ejaz, Ashiq Hussain
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.1, pp. 269-285, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021575
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract Transmission line is a vital part of the power system that connects two major points, the generation, and the distribution. For an efficient design, stable control, and steady operation of the power system, adequate knowledge of the transmission line parameters resistance, inductance, capacitance, and conductance is of great importance. These parameters are essential for transmission network expansion planning in which a new parallel line is needed to be installed due to increased load demand or the overhead line is replaced with an underground cable. This paper presents a method to optimally estimate the parameters using the input-output quantities i.e., voltages,… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    ATS: A Novel Time-Sharing CPU Scheduling Algorithm Based on Features Similarities

    Samih M. Mostafa, Sahar Ahmed Idris, Manjit Kaur
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 6271-6288, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021978
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract Minimizing time cost in time-shared operating systems is considered basic and essential task, and it is the most significant goal for the researchers who interested in CPU scheduling algorithms. Waiting time, turnaround time, and number of context switches are the most time cost criteria used to compare between CPU scheduling algorithms. CPU scheduling algorithms are divided into non-preemptive and preemptive. Round Robin (RR) algorithm is the most famous as it is the basis for all the algorithms used in time-sharing. In this paper, the authors proposed a novel CPU scheduling algorithm based on RR. The proposed algorithm is called Adjustable… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Extremal Coalitions for Influence Games Through Swarm Intelligence-Based Methods

    Fabián Riquelme, Rodrigo Olivares, Francisco Muñoz, Xavier Molinero, Maria Serna
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 6305-6321, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021804
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract An influence game is a simple game represented over an influence graph (i.e., a labeled, weighted graph) on which the influence spread phenomenon is exerted. Influence games allow applying different properties and parameters coming from cooperative game theory to the contexts of social network analysis, decision-systems, voting systems, and collective behavior. The exact calculation of several of these properties and parameters is computationally hard, even for a small number of players. Two examples of these parameters are the length and the width of a game. The length of a game is the size of its smaller winning coalition, while the… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Semantic Information Extraction from Multi-Corpora Using Deep Learning

    Sunil Kumar, Hanumat G. Sastry, Venkatadri Marriboyina, Hammam Alshazly, Sahar Ahmed Idris, Madhushi Verma, Manjit Kaur
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 5021-5038, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021149
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract Information extraction plays a vital role in natural language processing, to extract named entities and events from unstructured data. Due to the exponential data growth in the agricultural sector, extracting significant information has become a challenging task. Though existing deep learning-based techniques have been applied in smart agriculture for crop cultivation, crop disease detection, weed removal, and yield production, still it is difficult to find the semantics between extracted information due to unswerving effects of weather, soil, pest, and fertilizer data. This paper consists of two parts. An initial phase, which proposes a data preprocessing technique for removal of ambiguity… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Position Control of Flexible Joint Carts Using Adaptive Generalized Dynamics Inversion

    Ibrahim M. Mehedi, Mohd Heidir Mohd Shah , Soon Xin Ng , Abdulah Jeza Aljohani, Mohammed El-Hajjar, Muhammad Moinuddin
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 4691-4705, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020954
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract

    This paper presents the design and implementation of Adaptive Generalized Dynamic Inversion (AGDI) to track the position of a Linear Flexible Joint Cart (LFJC) system along with vibration suppression of the flexible joint. The proposed AGDI control law will be comprised of two control elements. The baseline (continuous) control law is based on principle of conventional GDI approach and is established by prescribing the constraint dynamics of controlled state variables that reflect the control objectives. The control law is realized by inverting the prescribed dynamics using dynamically scaled Moore-Penrose generalized inversion. To boost the robust attributes against system nonlinearities, parametric… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Fractional Order Linear Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Linear Flexible Joint System

    Ibrahim M. Mehedi, Rachid Mansouri, Ubaid M. Al-Saggaf, Ahmed I. M. Iskanderani, Maamar Bettayeb, Abdulah Jeza Aljohani, Thangam Palaniswamy, Shaikh Abdul Latif, Abdul Latif
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 5133-5142, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021018
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract A linear flexible joint system using fractional order linear active disturbance rejection control is studied in this paper. With this control scheme, the performance against disturbances, uncertainties, and attenuation is enhanced. Linear active disturbance rejection control (LADRC) is mainly based on an extended state observer (ESO) technology. A fractional integral (FOI) action is combined with the LADRC technique which proposes a hybrid control scheme like FO-LADRC. Incorporating this FOI action improves the robustness of the standard LADRC. The set-point tracking of the proposed FO-LADRC scheme is designed by Bode's ideal transfer function (BITF) based robust closed-loop concept, an appropriate pole… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    MLA: A New Mutated Leader Algorithm for Solving Optimization Problems

    Fatemeh Ahmadi Zeidabadi, Sajjad Amiri Doumari, Mohammad Dehghani, Zeinab Montazeri, Pavel Trojovský, Gaurav Dhiman
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 5631-5649, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021072
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract Optimization plays an effective role in various disciplines of science and engineering. Optimization problems should either be optimized using the appropriate method (i.e., minimization or maximization). Optimization algorithms are one of the efficient and effective methods in providing quasi-optimal solutions for these type of problems. In this study, a new algorithm called the Mutated Leader Algorithm (MLA) is presented. The main idea in the proposed MLA is to update the members of the algorithm population in the search space based on the guidance of a mutated leader. In addition to information about the best member of the population, the mutated… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Reactions’ Descriptors Selection and Yield Estimation Using Metaheuristic Algorithms and Voting Ensemble

    Olutomilayo Olayemi Petinrin, Faisal Saeed, Xiangtao Li, Fahad Ghabban, Ka-Chun Wong
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 4745-4762, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020523
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract Bioactive compounds in plants, which can be synthesized using N-arylation methods such as the Buchwald-Hartwig reaction, are essential in drug discovery for their pharmacological effects. Important descriptors are necessary for the estimation of yields in these reactions. This study explores ten metaheuristic algorithms for descriptor selection and model a voting ensemble for evaluation. The algorithms were evaluated based on computational time and the number of selected descriptors. Analyses show that robust performance is obtained with more descriptors, compared to cases where fewer descriptors are selected. The essential descriptor was deduced based on the frequency of occurrence within the 50 extracted… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    HARTIV: Human Activity Recognition Using Temporal Information in Videos

    Disha Deotale, Madhushi Verma, P. Suresh, Sunil Kumar Jangir, Manjit Kaur, Sahar Ahmed Idris, Hammam Alshazly
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 3919-3938, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020655
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract Nowadays, the most challenging and important problem of computer vision is to detect human activities and recognize the same with temporal information from video data. The video datasets are generated using cameras available in various devices that can be in a static or dynamic position and are referred to as untrimmed videos. Smarter monitoring is a historical necessity in which commonly occurring, regular, and out-of-the-ordinary activities can be automatically identified using intelligence systems and computer vision technology. In a long video, human activity may be present anywhere in the video. There can be a single or multiple human activities present… More >

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    ARTICLE

    Speech Recognition-Based Automated Visual Acuity Testing with Adaptive Mel Filter Bank

    Shibli Nisar, Muhammad Asghar Khan, Fahad Algarni, Abdul Wakeel, M. Irfan Uddin, Insaf Ullah
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 2991-3004, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020376
    (This article belongs to this Special Issue: Recent Advances in Metaheuristic Techniques and Their Real-World Applications)
    Abstract One of the most commonly reported disabilities is vision loss, which can be diagnosed by an ophthalmologist in order to determine the visual system of a patient. This procedure, however, usually requires an appointment with an ophthalmologist, which is both time-consuming and expensive process. Other issues that can arise include a lack of appropriate equipment and trained practitioners, especially in rural areas. Centered on a cognitively motivated attribute extraction and speech recognition approach, this paper proposes a novel idea that immediately determines the eyesight deficiency. The proposed system uses an adaptive filter bank with weighted mel frequency cepstral coefficients for… More >

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