Throughout the centuries, nature has been a source of inspiration, with much still to learn
from and discover about. Among many others, Swarm Intelligence (SI), a substantial branch …

At present times, Blockchain technology is gaining more attraction with every passing day,
as it has revolutionized the traditional trade due to its distributed ledger feature, every record …

In this paper, a novel swarm-based metaheuristic algorithm inspired from the behaviors of
beluga whales, called beluga whale optimization (BWO), is presented to solve optimization …

Over the ages, nature has constantly been a rich source of inspiration for science, with much
still to discover about and learn from. Swarm Intelligence (SI), a major branch of artificial …

The Internet of Everything paradigm is being rapidly adopted in developing applications for
different domains like smart agriculture, smart city, big data streaming, and so on. These IoE …

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women; therefore, effective early
detection of this cancer can reduce its mortality rate. Breast cancer detection and …

Abstract Preparation of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) for classification purposes
depends heavily on the knowledge of hyper-parameters tuning. This study aims, in particular …

Meta-heuristic optimization algorithms aim to tackle real world problems through maximizing
some specific criteria such as performance, profit, and quality or minimizing others such as …

Cloud computing is very popular because of its unique features such as scalability, elasticity,
on-demand service, and security. A large number of tasks are performed simultaneously in a …

Task scheduling is an important research direction in cloud computing. The current research
on task scheduling considers mainly the design of scheduling strategies and algorithms and …