Efficient initialization methods for population-based metaheuristic algorithms: A comparative study

JO Agushaka, AE Ezugwu, L Abualigah… - … Methods in Engineering, 2023 - Springer
The size, nature, and diversity of the initial population of population-based metaheuristic
algorithms and the number of times the algorithm iterates play a significant role in the …

Initialisation approaches for population-based metaheuristic algorithms: a comprehensive review

JO Agushaka, AE Ezugwu - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
A situation where the set of initial solutions lies near the position of the true optimality (most
favourable or desirable solution) by chance can increase the probability of finding the true …

Multilevel thresholding image segmentation based on improved volleyball premier league algorithm using whale optimization algorithm

M Abd Elaziz, N Nabil, R Moghdani, AA Ewees… - Multimedia Tools and …, 2021 - Springer
Multilevel thresholding image segmentation has received considerable attention in several
image processing applications. However, the process of determining the optimal threshold …

An improved discrete bees algorithm for correlation-aware service aggregation optimization in cloud manufacturing

W Xu, S Tian, Q Liu, Y Xie, Z Zhou, DT Pham - The International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
As an effective approach to realize value and efficiency-added manufacturing activities,
service aggregation usually plays an important role in cloud manufacturing (CMfg), and in …

A multilevel image thresholding based on hybrid salp swarm algorithm and fuzzy entropy

HSN Alwerfali, M Abd Elaziz, MAA Al-Qaness… - Ieee …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The image segmentation techniques based on multi-level threshold value received lot of
attention in recent years. It is because they can be used as a pre-processing step in complex …

ASCAEO: accelerated sine cosine algorithm hybridized with equilibrium optimizer with application in image segmentation using multilevel thresholding

S Thapliyal, N Kumar - Evolving Systems, 2024 - Springer
The current trend in global optimization research is to hybridize multiple variants to improve
the quality of solutions to real-world problems that have recently arisen in practise. This …

Enhancing the Bees Algorithm using the traplining metaphor

AH Ismail - 2021 - etheses.bham.ac.uk
This work aims to improve the performance of the Bees Algorithm (BA), particularly in terms
of simplicity, accuracy, and convergence. Three improvements were made in this study as a …

A novel algorithm for image segmentation (IP-MH-MLT): employing an image partitioning technique with metaheuristic parameters to enhance multilevel thresholding

S Thapliyal, N Kumar - … Journal of System Assurance Engineering and …, 2024 - Springer
The multilevel threshold technique of image segmentation is a popular and intriguing
domain in the field of image vision and has received a lot of attention in several image …

A new multilevel image thresholding algorithm based on image partitioning approach with metaheuristic parameter for segmentation

S Thapliyal, N Kumar - 2023 - researchsquare.com
The multilevel threshold technique of image segmentation is a popular and intriguing
domain in the field of image vision and has received a lot of attention in several image …

An enhanced hybrid and adaptive meta-model based global optimization algorithm for engineering optimization problems

G Zhou, LB Duan, WZ Zhao, CY Wang, ZD Ma… - Science China …, 2016 - Springer
Due to the good balance between high efficiency and accuracy, meta-model based
optimization algorithm is an important global optimization category and has been widely …