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Retraction Note: Grid quorum-based spatial coverage for IoT smart agriculture monitoring using enhanced multi-verse optimizer
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Waste management is a difficult and complicated issue. Since this waste may constitute a threat to persons and the environment, it is vital to guarantee that it is adequately collected. Therefore, new waste co...
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Open AccessSustainability assessment of optimal location of electric vehicle charge stations: a conceptual framework for green energy into smart cities
Electric vehicles (EVs) have achieved a great deal of success, indicating that the motor industry will soon be emission-free. They run on electricity stored in batteries, which their drivers can recharge using...
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Open AccessAn Efficient Binary Hybrid Equilibrium Algorithm for Binary Optimization Problems: Analysis, Validation, and Case Studies
Binary optimization problems belong to the NP-hard class because their solutions are hard to find in a known time. The traditional techniques could not be applied to tackle those problems because the computati...
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Open AccessNovel hybrid kepler optimization algorithm for parameter estimation of photovoltaic modules
The parameter identification problem of photovoltaic (PV) models is classified as a complex nonlinear optimization problem that cannot be accurately solved by traditional techniques. Therefore, metaheuristic a...
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Open AccessA Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Framework to Evaluate the Impact of Industry 5.0 Technologies: Case Study, Lessons Learned, Challenges and Future Directions
Smart technologies have demonstrated striking outcomes regarding the early diagnosis of diseases and the delivery of the necessary healthcare in the last decade. However, by emphasizing the core fundamentals o...
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Open AccessMultiobjective trajectory optimization algorithms for solving multi-UAV-assisted mobile edge computing problem
The Internet of Things (IoT) devices are not able to execute resource-intensive tasks due to their limited storage and computing power. Therefore, Mobile edge computing (MEC) technology has recently been utili...
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Retraction Note: An improved nature inspired meta-heuristic algorithm for 1-D bin packing problems
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Open AccessCNN-IKOA: convolutional neural network with improved Kepler optimization algorithm for image segmentation: experimental validation and numerical exploration
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Exponential distribution optimizer (EDO): a novel math-inspired algorithm for global optimization and engineering problems
Numerous optimization problems can be addressed using metaheuristics instead of deterministic and heuristic approaches. This study proposes a novel population-based metaheuristic algorithm called the Exponenti...
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Consideration of disruptive technologies and supply chain sustainability through α-discounting AHP–VIKOR: calibration, validation, analysis, and methods
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Optimal selection of battery recycling plant location: strategies, challenges, perspectives, and sustainability
Legislative policies in environmental protection tended to confront and address ecological issues through comprehensive and integrated legislation. Recycling is essential for treating waste batteries, consider...
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Open AccessAn Efficient Multilevel Threshold Segmentation Method for Breast Cancer Imaging Based on Metaheuristics Algorithms: Analysis and Validations
Breast cancer is a hazardous disease that should be seriously tackled to reduce its danger in all aspects of the world. Therefore, several imaging ways to detect this disease were considered, but the produced ...
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Open AccessNew extension of ordinal priority approach for multiple attribute decision-making problems: design and analysis
The selection and assessment process of appropriate robots became a more complex and complicated task due to various available alternatives and conflicting attributes which must take into consideration. Also, ...
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A new fusion of whale optimizer algorithm with Kapur’s entropy for multi-threshold image segmentation: analysis and validations
The separation of an object from other objects or the background by selecting the optimal threshold values remains a challenge in the field of image segmentation. Threshold segmentation is one of the most popu...
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Open AccessNew multi-criteria decision-making technique based on neutrosophic axiomatic design
There are several multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches presented in the literature with their characteristics. Although traditional MCDM approaches are considered a proper implementation to select t...
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Unsupervised Deep Learning for Secure Internet of Things
This chapter elaborates on the potential of unsupervised deep learning solutions for assuring the security of IoT-based systems to give the reader an insightful discussion of how these solutions could satisfy ...