Leveraging ensemble convolutional neural networks and metaheuristic strategies for advanced kidney disease screening and classification by Abeer saber, Esraa Hassan, Samar Elbedwehy, Wael A. Awad, Tamer Z. Emara

“…MobileNetV2, ResNet50, and EfficientNet-B0 hyperparameters have been optimized using a modified grey wolf optimization (GWO) approach for better performance. …”
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Construction of an oligometastatic prediction model for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients based on pathomics features and dynamic multi-swarm particle swarm optimization support ve... by Yunfei Li, Dongni Zhang, Yiren Wang, Yiren Wang, Yiheng Hu, Zhongjian Wen, Zhongjian Wen, Cheng Yang, Ping Zhou, Wen-Hui Cheng

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop a risk prediction model for post-treatment oligometastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) by integrating pathomics features and an improved Support vector machine (SVM) algorithm, offering precise early decision support.MethodsThis study retrospectively included 462 NPC patients, without or with oligometastasis defined by ESTRO/EORTC criteria. …”
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Frequency regulation of PV-reheat thermal power system via a novel hybrid educational competition optimizer with pattern search and cascaded PDN-PI controller by Serdar Ekinci, Davut Izci, Ozay Can, Mohit Bajaj, Vojtech Blazek

“…The controller's performance was evaluated under various scenarios, including a 10 % step load change and solar radiation variations, demonstrating significant improvements in frequency regulation. The hECO-PS tuned PDN-PI controller achieved a minimum integral of time-weighted absolute error (ITAE) value of 0.4464, outperforming conventional methods like the modified whale optimization algorithm and sea horse algorithm, which yielded ITAE values of 2.6198 and 0.8598, respectively. …”
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Transformer based models with hierarchical graph representations for enhanced climate forecasting by T. Bhargava Ramu, Raviteja Kocherla, G. N. V. G. Sirisha, V. Lakshmi Chetana, P. Vidya Sagar, R. Balamurali, Nanditha Boddu

“…The model integrates three key components: Spatial-Temporal Fusion Module (STFM) to capture spatiotemporal dependencies, Hierarchical Graph Representation and Analysis (HGRA) to model structured climate relationships, and Dynamic Temporal Graph Attention Mechanism (DT-GAM) to enhance temporal feature extraction. To improve computational efficiency and feature selection, we introduce a hybrid optimization approach (HWOA-TTA) that combines the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) and Tiki-Taka Algorithm (TTA). …”
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An Enhanced Second-Order Terminal Sliding Mode Control Based on the Super-Twisting Algorithm Applied to a Five-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator for a Grid-Connected Win... by Ben ouadeh Douara, Abdellah Kouzou, Ahmed Hafaifa, Jose Rodriguez, Mohamed Abdelrahem

“…Furthermore, the proposed hybrid control allows optimizing the power extraction and boosting the WECS’s efficiency. …”
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A study on life assessment of metro cowcatcher based on multi-axis vibration environment reconstruction by ZHENG Yuhao, WU Xingwen, LIU Yang, CHI Maoru, LIANG Shulin

“…Then, the modal damping ratio was optimized by the genetic algorithm, improving the consistency between the simulation and measured response results, and proving the correctness of the modeling method. …”
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The optimum sizing of zero-emission water-cooled VCR cycle based on exergo-economic-environmental assessment criteria by triple-objective MPSO by Seyedeh Mohadeseh Miri, Mahmood Farzaneh-Gord, Alireza Hosseinpour, Mohit Bajaj, Ievgen Zaitsev

“…The daily COP and exergy efficiency of the whole system has improved up to 98% and 40%, after substituting the optimum design variable parameters. …”
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Power Control and Voltage Regulation for Grid-Forming Inverters in Distribution Networks by Xichao Zhou, Zhenlan Dou, Chunyan Zhang, Guangyu Song, Xinghua Liu

“…An enhanced whale optimization algorithm (EWOA) is designed to complete the algorithm solution, thereby achieving the optimal system configuration, where an improved attenuation factor and position updating mechanism is proposed to enhance the EWOA’s global optimization capability. …”
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Minimizing Delay in UAV-Aided Federated Learning for IoT Applications With Straggling Devices by Mudassar Liaq, Waleed Ejaz

“…We then use the concurrent deterministic simplex with root relaxation algorithm. We also propose a deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based solution to improve runtime complexity. …”
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Formation of a Strategy for Increasing the Efficiency of Operation of Distribution Electrical Grids at the Stage of Pre-Design Works by A. V. Zhurakhivskyi, Z. M. Bakhor, A. Ya. Yatseiko, V. H. Hapanovych

“…This allows formalizing the procedure for the choice and implementation the outlined measures as early as at the stage of pre-design formation of the modernization and reconstruction strategy so to provide an efficient use of funds for the reconstruction and technical retooling of distribution electrical grids in order to improve the quality of their operation. The mathematical model and the algorithm for the choice of the optimal technical measure for the reconstruction of the mainline taking into account the prospects for development that had been developed was tested during the development of the optimal strategy for the development of 6–10 kV distribution electrical grids in the Western region of Ukraine.…”
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SABO-ELM model for remaining life prediction of lithium-ion batteries under multiple health factors by Jiabo LI, Zhonglin SUN, Di TIAN, Zhixuan WANG

“…The SABO algorithm optimizes the weights and bias thresholds of the ELM model, which effectively reduces the risk of local optima and improves its predictive performance and stability. …”
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Short-Term Load Forecasting Based on EEMD-WOA-LSTM Combination Model by Lei Shao, Quanjie Guo, Chao Li, Ji Li, Huilong Yan

“…The whale bionic algorithm is used to solve the problem that the long short-term memory neural networks are easy to fall into local optimization and improve the accuracy of parameter optimization. …”
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Corrosion rate prediction for long-distance submarine pipelines based on MWIWOA-SVM by Zhengshan LUO, Haipeng LYU, Jihao LUO

“…MethodsTo address these issues, Multi-Way Improved Whale Optimization Algorithm (MWIWOA) was proposed to optimize the SVM-based prediction model for the internal corrosion rate of long-distance submarine pipelines. …”
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Mix design and performance prediction of EPS lightweight structural concrete based on orthogonal experimentation by Qianhui Zhang

“…A novel dataset was established and utilized in performance prediction using XGBoost, optimized with Seagull Optimization Algorithm (SOA), Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA), and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). …”
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A study on monthly sales forecasting of new energy vehicles in urban areas using the WOA-BiGRU model. by Xiangtu Li

“…The Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) is then employed to optimize the parameters of the Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (BiGRU) model, thereby proposing a WOA-BiGRU-based model for monthly sales prediction for urban NEVs. …”
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Adaptive robust position control scheme for an electromagnetic levitation system with experimental verification. by Ziwei Wu, Kuangang Fan, Ping Yi

“…A control method combining an improved whale optimization algorithm with robust sliding mode control and adaptive linear active disturbance rejection (IWOA-SMC-ALADRC) is proposed to achieve stable control of a single point electromagnetic levitation ball. …”
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Frequency Response Function-Based Finite Element Model Updating Using Extreme Learning Machine Model by Yu Zhao, Zhenrui Peng

“…Extreme learning machine (ELM) is introduced as the surrogate model of the finite element model (FEM) to construct the relationship between updating parameters and structural responses. To further improve the generalization ability, the input weights and biases of ELM are optimized by Lévy flight trajectory-based whale optimization algorithm (LWOA). …”
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A Developed Mathematical Model for Designing a Multilevel Sustainable Supply Chain Network Taking into Account Environmental Decisions by Mehrab Paydarfard, Roya Pirzadeh, Ali Ahmadi, Masoud Zohrabi, Farkhondeh Mortaz Hejri, Malek Hasan

“…In addition, the proposed model was optimized by the whale optimization algorithm (WOA) to find the best solution in large-scale instances in a short and reasonable time. …”
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Fault aware task scheduling in cloud using min-min and DBSCAN by S.M.F D Syed Mustapha, Punit Gupta

“…The results show 25% average improve in execution time, 6.5% improvement in number of task completed and 3.48% improvement in count of task failed as compared to ACO, PSO, BB-BC (Bib ​= ​g bang Big Crunch) and WHO(Whale optimization algorithm).…”
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A strategic approach to the placement of PV-integrated EV charging stations for enhancing the distribution network performance by Raj Chakraborty, Subhojit Dawn, Priyanath Das, Diptanu Das, Sadhan Gope, Md. Minarul Islam, Taha Selim Ustun

“…The outcomes have been compared with Grey Wolf Optimizer, particle swarm optimization (PSO), and whale optimization algorithm (WOA) to validate the effectiveness of the optimal planning to allocate the EVCS and PV units. …”
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