Zakir Hussain Ahmed^1,*, Maha Ata Al-Furhood², Abdul Khader Jilani Saudagar³, Shakir Khan⁴

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.48, No.5, pp. 1113-1131, 2024, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.053574 - 13 September 2024

Abstract The generalized travelling salesman problem (GTSP), a generalization of the well-known travelling salesman problem (TSP), is considered for our study. Since the GTSP is NP-hard and very complex, finding exact solutions is highly expensive, we will develop genetic algorithms (GAs) to obtain heuristic solutions to the problem. In GAs, as the crossover is a very important process, the crossover methods proposed for the traditional TSP could be adapted for the GTSP. The sequential constructive crossover (SCX) and three other operators are adapted to use in GAs to solve the GTSP. The effectiveness of GA using More >

Djeldjli Halima^1,*, Benatiallah Djelloul¹, Ghasri Mehdi², Tanougast Camel³, Benatiallah Ali⁴, Benabdelkrim Bouchra¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.3, pp. 4725-4740, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.051002 - 20 June 2024

Abstract When designing solar systems and assessing the effectiveness of their many uses, estimating sun irradiance is a crucial first step. This study examined three approaches (ANN, GA-ANN, and ANFIS) for estimating daily global solar radiation (GSR) in the south of Algeria: Adrar, Ouargla, and Bechar. The proposed hybrid GA-ANN model, based on genetic algorithm-based optimization, was developed to improve the ANN model. The GA-ANN and ANFIS models performed better than the standalone ANN-based model, with GA-ANN being better suited for forecasting in all sites, and it performed the best with the best values in the… More > Graphic Abstract

Zakir Hussain Ahmed^1,*, Habibollah Haron², Abdullah Al-Tameem³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.2, pp. 2399-2425, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.049704 - 15 May 2024

Abstract Genetic algorithms (GAs) are very good metaheuristic algorithms that are suitable for solving NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. A simple GA begins with a set of solutions represented by a population of chromosomes and then uses the idea of survival of the fittest in the selection process to select some fitter chromosomes. It uses a crossover operator to create better offspring chromosomes and thus, converges the population. Also, it uses a mutation operator to explore the unexplored areas by the crossover operator, and thus, diversifies the GA search space. A combination of crossover and mutation operators… More >

Nizheen A. Ali¹, Ramadhan J. Mstafa^2,3,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.2, pp. 1451-1469, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.039957 - 28 July 2023

Abstract With the widespread use of the internet, there is an increasing need to ensure the security and privacy of transmitted data. This has led to an intensified focus on the study of video steganography, which is a technique that hides data within a video cover to avoid detection. The effectiveness of any steganography method depends on its ability to embed data without altering the original video’s quality while maintaining high efficiency. This paper proposes a new method to video steganography, which involves utilizing a Genetic Algorithm (GA) for identifying the Region of Interest (ROI) in… More >

Zeyu Zhang¹, Han Zhu¹, Wei Zhang¹, Zhiming Cai^2,*, Linkai Zhu², Zefeng Li²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.2, pp. 1901-1917, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.039395 - 28 July 2023

Abstract With the rapid development of urban road traffic and the increasing number of vehicles, how to alleviate traffic congestion is one of the hot issues that need to be urgently addressed in building smart cities. Therefore, in this paper, a nonlinear multi-objective optimization model of urban intersection signal timing based on a Genetic Algorithm was constructed. Specifically, a typical urban intersection was selected as the research object, and drivers’ acceleration habits were taken into account. What’s more, the shortest average delay time, the least average number of stops, and the maximum capacity of the intersection… More >

Uzma Afzal¹, Tariq Mahmood², Ali Mustafa Qamar^3,*, Ayaz H. Khan^4,5

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.3, pp. 6251-6267, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.037653 - 29 April 2023

Abstract A complex Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) is a clinical test developed within a single laboratory. It is typically configured from many feature constraints from clinical repositories, which are part of the existing Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). Although these clinical repositories are automated, support for managing patient information with test results of an LDT is also integrated within the existing LIMS. Still, the support to configure LDTs design needs to be made available even in standard LIMS packages. The manual configuration of LDTs is a complex process and can generate configuration inconsistencies because many constraints… More >

Abeeda Akram¹, Kashif Zafar¹, Adnan Noor Mian², Abdul Rauf Baig³, Riyad Almakki³, Lulwah AlSuwaidan³, Shakir Khan^3,4,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.46, No.3, pp. 3685-3701, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.032024 - 03 April 2023

Abstract One of the important research issues in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is the optimal layout designing for the deployment of sensor nodes. It directly affects the quality of monitoring, cost, and detection capability of WSNs. Layout optimization is an NP-hard combinatorial problem, which requires optimization of multiple competing objectives like cost, coverage, connectivity, lifetime, load balancing, and energy consumption of sensor nodes. In the last decade, several meta-heuristic optimization techniques have been proposed to solve this problem, such as genetic algorithms (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO). However, these approaches either provided computationally expensive solutions… More >

Lei Xing¹, Yakui Liu^2,3,*

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.4, pp. 1023-1043, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2023.025335 - 13 February 2023

Abstract The optimal allocation of integrated energy system capacity based on the heuristic algorithms can reduce economic costs and achieve maximum consumption of renewable energy, which has attracted many attentions. However, the optimization results of heuristic algorithms are usually influenced by the choice of hyperparameters. To solve the above problem, the particle swarm algorithm is introduced to find the optimal hyperparameters of the heuristic algorithms. Firstly, an integrated energy system consisting of the photovoltaic, wind turbine, electrolysis cell, hydrogen storage tank, and energy storage is established. Meanwhile, the minimum economic cost, the maximum wind and PV… More >

Gibrael Abosamra^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 3539-3560, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.032976 - 31 October 2022

Abstract This paper introduces the third enhanced version of a genetic algorithm-based technique to allow fast and accurate detection of vehicle plate numbers (VPLN) in challenging image datasets. Since binarization of the input image is the most important and difficult step in the detection of VPLN, a hybrid technique is introduced that fuses the outputs of three fast techniques into a pool of connected components objects (CCO) and hence enriches the solution space with more solution candidates. Due to the combination of the outputs of the three binarization techniques, many CCOs are produced into the output… More >

Ahmed S. Ghiduk^1,2,*, Abdullah Alharbi¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.1, pp. 647-665, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.031865 - 29 September 2022

Abstract Many search-based algorithms have been successfully applied in several software engineering activities. Genetic algorithms (GAs) are the most used in the scientific domains by scholars to solve software testing problems. They imitate the theory of natural selection and evolution. The harmony search algorithm (HSA) is one of the most recent search algorithms in the last years. It imitates the behavior of a musician to find the best harmony. Scholars have estimated the similarities and the differences between genetic algorithms and the harmony search algorithm in diverse research domains. The test data generation process represents a… More >