A biological network is complex. A group of critical nodes determines the quality and state of
such a network. Increasing studies have shown that diseases and biological networks are …

Motivation The prediction of protein–protein interaction (PPI) sites is a key to mutation
design, catalytic reaction and the reconstruction of PPI networks. It is a challenging task …

This study presents the application of seven recent meta-heuristic optimization algorithms to
automate design of disk cam mechanism with translating roller follower regarding four …

Scheduling in distributed production environments is becoming widespread in recent years
due to the increasing advantages of multi-factory manufacture. This paper investigates the …

The fruit fly optimization algorithm (FOA) is a well-regarded algorithm for searching the
global optimal solution by simulating the foraging behavior of fruit flies. However, when …

Nature-inspired algorithms are widely used in mathematical and engineering optimization.
As one of the latest swarm intelligence-based methods, fruit fly optimization algorithm (FOA) …

The prediction of protein structures directly from amino acid sequences is one of the biggest
challenges in computational biology. It can be divided into several independent sub …

The fruit fly optimization algorithm (FOA) is a swarm-based algorithm inspired by fruit flies'
food search behaviors in nature. The conventional FOA is attracting widespread interests …

Essential proteins are indispensable to cellular life. Identification of essential proteins plays
a critical role in the survival and development of life process and understanding the function …

Decoding health and disease phenotypes is one of the fundamental objectives in
biomedicine. Whereas high-throughput omics approaches are available, it is evident that …