Abstract The Firefly Algorithm (FA) is a highly efficient population-based optimization
technique developed by mimicking the flashing behavior of fireflies when mating. This article …

Diabetic Retinopathy is a major cause of vision loss and blindness affecting millions of
people across the globe. Although there are established screening methods-fluorescein …

The solar photovoltaic (PV) energy has an important place among the renewable energy
sources. Therefore, several researchers have been interested by its modelling and its …

The firefly algorithm (FA) is a swarm intelligence-based algorithm and has been shown to be
effective in solving nonlinear optimization problems, especially multimodal problems where …

Biometric technology is fast gaining pace as a veritable developmental tool. So far, biometric
procedures have been predominantly used to ensure identity and ear recognition …

Nowadays, in the pharmaceutical industry, a growing concern with sustainability has
become a strict consideration during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a lack of good …

Accurate prediction of wind speed is of great significance to the operation and maintenance
of wind farms, the optimal scheduling of turbines, and the safe and stable operation of power …

Global continuous optimization is populated by its implementation in many real-world
applications. Such optimization problems are often solved by nature-inspired and meta …

Firefly algorithm (FA) is one of the popular algorithms of Swarm Intelligence domain. The
literature has expanded significantly in the past few years. This paper provides a timely …

Since the past decades, most of the nature inspired optimization algorithms (NIOA) have
been developed and become admired due to their effectiveness for resolving a variety of …