A systematic review of the whale optimization algorithm: theoretical foundation, improvements, and hybridizations

MH Nadimi-Shahraki, H Zamani… - … Methods in Engineering, 2023 - Springer
Despite the simplicity of the whale optimization algorithm (WOA) and its success in solving
some optimization problems, it faces many issues. Thus, WOA has attracted scholars' …

Performance assessment of the metaheuristic optimization algorithms: an exhaustive review

AH Halim, I Ismail, S Das - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2021 - Springer
The simulation-driven metaheuristic algorithms have been successful in solving numerous
problems compared to their deterministic counterparts. Despite this advantage, the …

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 …

Global path planning and multi-objective path control for unmanned surface vehicle based on modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm

X Guo, M Ji, Z Zhao, D Wen, W Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the novel path navigation method for an unmanned surface vehicle
(USV), which is divided into two-stage: global path planning and path control. In the first …

Sailfish optimizer with Levy flight, chaotic and opposition-based multi-level thresholding for medical image segmentation

FH Sha**, B Aruna Devi, NB Prakash, GR Sreekanth… - Soft Computing, 2023 - Springer
Image segmentation is a procedure of dividing the digital image into multiple set of pixels.
The intention of the segmentation is to “transform the representation of medical images into …

Boosting whale optimizer with quasi-oppositional learning and Gaussian barebone for feature selection and COVID-19 image segmentation

J **ng, H Zhao, H Chen, R Deng, L **ao - Journal of bionic engineering, 2023 - Springer
Whale optimization algorithm (WOA) tends to fall into the local optimum and fails to converge
quickly in solving complex problems. To address the shortcomings, an improved WOA …

A competitive mechanism integrated multi-objective whale optimization algorithm with differential evolution

N Zeng, D Song, H Li, Y You, Y Liu, FE Alsaadi - Neurocomputing, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a competitive mechanism integrated whale optimization algorithm (CMWOA) is
proposed to deal with multi-objective optimization problems. By introducing the novel …

Development of the multi-objective adaptive guided differential evolution and optimization of the MO-ACOPF for wind/PV/tidal energy sources

S Duman, M Akbel, HT Kahraman - Applied Soft Computing, 2021 - Elsevier
Currently, one of the most popular research topics is the development of a new meta-
heuristic algorithm for solving multi-objective optimization problems. However, few of the …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of the hydropower energy generation using Meta-Heuristic approaches: A review

AS Azad, MSA Rahaman, J Watada, P Vasant… - Energy Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Whatever the exact figures, world energy consumption, particularly electricity consumption,
can increase significantly during couple of decades. It is not possible solely due to …

Multi-strategy ensemble firefly algorithm with equilibrium of convergence and diversity

J Zhao, D Chen, R **ao, Z Cui, H Wang, I Lee - Applied Soft Computing, 2022 - Elsevier
Balancing the convergence and diversity in the multi-objective firefly algorithm is essential
for obtaining high precision and well distributed Pareto front. However, most existing …