A comprehensive survey: Whale Optimization Algorithm and its applications

FS Gharehchopogh, H Gholizadeh - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) is an optimization algorithm developed by
Mirjalili and Lewis in 2016. An overview of WOA is described in this paper, rooted from the …

New machine learning method for image-based diagnosis of COVID-19

MA Elaziz, KM Hosny, A Salah, MM Darwish, S Lu… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
COVID-19 is a worldwide epidemic, as announced by the World Health Organization (WHO)
in March 2020. Machine learning (ML) methods can play vital roles in identifying COVID-19 …

Whale optimization algorithm: theory, literature review, and application in designing photonic crystal filters

S Mirjalili, SM Mirjalili, S Saremi, S Mirjalili - Nature-inspired optimizers …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter presents and analyzes the Whale Optimization Algorithm. The inspiration of this
algorithm is first discussed in details, which is the bubble-net foraging behaviour of …

Evolutionary biogeography-based whale optimization methods with communication structure: Towards measuring the balance

J Tu, H Chen, J Liu, AA Heidari, X Zhang… - Knowledge-Based …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Improved salp swarm algorithm based on particle swarm optimization for feature selection

RA Ibrahim, AA Ewees, D Oliva, M Abd Elaziz… - Journal of Ambient …, 2019 - Springer
Feature selection (FS) is a machine learning process commonly used to reduce the high
dimensionality problems of datasets. This task permits to extract the most representative …

Improved grasshopper optimization algorithm using opposition-based learning

AA Ewees, M Abd Elaziz, EH Houssein - Expert Systems with Applications, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an improved version of the grasshopper optimization algorithm (GOA)
based on the opposition-based learning (OBL) strategy called OBLGOA for solving …

An efficient double adaptive random spare reinforced whale optimization algorithm

H Chen, C Yang, AA Heidari, X Zhao - Expert Systems with Applications, 2020 - Elsevier
Whale optimization algorithm (WOA) is a newly developed meta-heuristic algorithm, which is
mainly based on the predation behavior of humpback whales in the ocean. In this paper, a …

Hybrid filter-wrapper feature selection using whale optimization algorithm: A multi-objective approach

A Got, A Moussaoui, D Zouache - Expert Systems with Applications, 2021 - Elsevier
Feature selection aims at finding the minimum number of features that result in high
classification accuracy. Accordingly, the feature selection is considered as a multi-objective …

A whale optimization algorithm (WOA) approach for clustering

J Nasiri, FM Khiyabani - Cogent Mathematics & Statistics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Clustering is a powerful technique in data-mining, which involves identifing homogeneous
groups of objects based on the values of attributes. Meta-heuristic algorithms such as …

Nonlinear-based chaotic harris hawks optimizer: algorithm and internet of vehicles application

AA Dehkordi, AS Sadiq, S Mirjalili, KZ Ghafoor - Applied Soft Computing, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Harris Hawks Optimizer (HHO) is one of the many recent algorithms in the field of
metaheuristics. The HHO algorithm mimics the cooperative behavior of Harris Hawks and …