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Improved Whale Optimization with Local-Search Method for Feature Selection

Malek Alzaqebah^1,2,*, Mutasem K. Alsmadi³, Sana Jawarneh⁴, Jehad Saad Alqurni⁵, Mohammed Tayfour³, Ibrahim Almarashdeh³, Rami Mustafa A. Mohammad⁶, Fahad A. Alghamdi³, Nahier Aldhafferi⁶, Abdullah Alqahtani⁶, Khalid A. Alissa⁷, Bashar A. Aldeeb⁸, Usama A. Badawi³, Maram Alwohaibi^1,2, Hayat Alfagham³

1 Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia
2 Basic & Applied Scientific Research Center, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of MIS, College of Applied Studies and Community Service, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia
4 Department of Computer Science, Community College, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia
5 Department of Educational Technology, College of Education, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
6 Department of Computer Information Systems, College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia
7 Department of Computer Science, College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia
8 Deanship of Information and Communication Technology, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

* Corresponding Author: Malek Alzaqebah. Email: