Improved cat swarm optimization for parameter estimation of mixed additive and multiplicative random error model

To estimate the parameters of the mixed additive and multiplicative(MAM)random error model using the weighted least squares iterative algorithm that requires derivation of the complex weight array,we introduce a derivative-free cat swarm optimization for parameter estimation.We embed the Powell method,which uses conjugate direction acceleration and does not need to derive the objective function,into the original cat swarm optimization to accelerate its convergence speed and search accuracy.We use the ordinary least squares,weighted least squares,original cat swarm optimization,particle swarm algorithm and improved cat swarm optimization to estimate the parameters of the straight-line fitting MAM model with lower nonlinearity and the DEM MAM model with higher nonlinearity,respectively.The experimental results show that the improved cat swarm optimization has faster convergence speed,higher search accuracy,and better stability than the original cat swarm optimization and the particle swarm algorithm.At the same time,the improved cat swarm optimization can obtain results consistent with the weighted least squares method based on the objective function only while avoiding multiple complex weight array derivations.The method in this paper provides a new idea for theoretical research on parameter estimation of MAM error models.

Covid-19 Forecasting with Deep Learning-based Half-binomial Distribution Cat Swarm Optimization

About 170 nations have been affected by the COvid VIrus Disease-19(COVID-19)epidemic.On governing bodies across the globe,a lot of stress is created by COVID-19 as there is a continuous rise in patient count testing positive,and they feel challenging to tackle this situation.Most researchers concentrate on COVID-19 data analysis using the machine learning paradigm in these situations.In the previous works,Long Short-Term Memory(LSTM)was used to predict future COVID-19 cases.According to LSTM network data,the outbreak is expected tofinish by June 2020.However,there is a chance of an over-fitting problem in LSTM and true positive;it may not produce the required results.The COVID-19 dataset has lower accuracy and a higher error rate in the existing system.The proposed method has been introduced to overcome the above-mentioned issues.For COVID-19 prediction,a Linear Decreasing Inertia Weight-based Cat Swarm Optimization with Half Binomial Distribution based Convolutional Neural Network(LDIWCSO-HBDCNN)approach is presented.In this suggested research study,the COVID-19 predicting dataset is employed as an input,and the min-max normalization approach is employed to normalize it.Optimum features are selected using Linear Decreasing Inertia Weight-based Cat Swarm Optimization(LDIWCSO)algorithm,enhancing the accuracy of classification.The Cat Swarm Optimization(CSO)algorithm’s convergence is enhanced using inertia weight in the LDIWCSO algorithm.It is used to select the essential features using the bestfitness function values.For a specified time across India,death and confirmed cases are predicted using the Half Binomial Distribution based Convolutional Neural Network(HBDCNN)technique based on selected features.As demonstrated by empirical observations,the proposed system produces significant performance in terms of f-measure,recall,precision,and accuracy.

Sand Cat Swarm Optimization with Deep Transfer Learning for Skin Cancer Classification

Skin cancer is one of the most dangerous cancer.Because of the high melanoma death rate,skin cancer is divided into non-melanoma and melanoma.The dermatologist finds it difficult to identify skin cancer from dermoscopy images of skin lesions.Sometimes,pathology and biopsy examinations are required for cancer diagnosis.Earlier studies have formulated computer-based systems for detecting skin cancer from skin lesion images.With recent advancements in hardware and software technologies,deep learning(DL)has developed as a potential technique for feature learning.Therefore,this study develops a new sand cat swarm optimization with a deep transfer learning method for skin cancer detection and classification(SCSODTL-SCC)technique.The major intention of the SCSODTL-SCC model lies in the recognition and classification of different types of skin cancer on dermoscopic images.Primarily,Dull razor approach-related hair removal and median filtering-based noise elimination are performed.Moreover,the U2Net segmentation approach is employed for detecting infected lesion regions in dermoscopic images.Furthermore,the NASNetLarge-based feature extractor with a hybrid deep belief network(DBN)model is used for classification.Finally,the classification performance can be improved by the SCSO algorithm for the hyperparameter tuning process,showing the novelty of the work.The simulation values of the SCSODTL-SCC model are scrutinized on the benchmark skin lesion dataset.The comparative results assured that the SCSODTL-SCC model had shown maximum skin cancer classification performance in different measures.

Multi-objective optimization of feature selection using hybrid cat swarm optimization

With the pervasive generation of information from a wide range of sensors and devices,there always exist a large number of input features in databases,thus complicating machine learning problem formulation.However,certain features are relatively impertinent to specific problems,which may degrade the performances of classifiers in terms of prediction accuracy,sensitivity,specificity,and recall rate.The main goal of a multi-objective optimization problem is to identify the subsets of the given features.To this end,a hybrid cat swarm optimization(HCSO)algorithm is proposed in our paper for performance improvement of the basic cat swarm optimization(CSO)that incorporates guided and competitive&inherent characteristics into the original CSO.The performance of HCSO has been tested by finding the optimal feature subset for 15 benchmark datasets.The number of class labels for these datasets varies between 2 and 40.The time complexity analysis of both CSO and HCSO has also been evaluated.Moreover,the performance of the proposed algorithm has been compared with that of simple CSO and other state-ofthe-art techniques.The performances obtained by HCSO have an average 2.68%improvement with a standard deviation of 2.91.The maximum performance improvement is up to 10.09%in prediction accuracy.Tested on the same datasets,CSO has yielded improvements within the range of-7.27%to 8.51%with an average improvement 0.9%and standard deviation 3.96.The statistical tests carried out in the experiments prove that HCSO manifests a moderately better feature selection capacity than that of its counterparts.

Cat Swarm with Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Automated Soil Classification

Accurate soil prediction is a vital parameter involved to decide appro-priate crop,which is commonly carried out by the farmers.Designing an auto-mated soil prediction tool helps to considerably improve the efficacy of the farmers.At the same time,fuzzy logic(FL)approaches can be used for the design of predictive models,particularly,Fuzzy Cognitive Maps(FCMs)have involved the concept of uncertainty representation and cognitive mapping.In other words,the FCM is an integration of the recurrent neural network(RNN)and FL involved in the knowledge engineering phase.In this aspect,this paper introduces effective fuzzy cognitive maps with cat swarm optimization for automated soil classifica-tion(FCMCSO-ASC)technique.The goal of the FCMCSO-ASC technique is to identify and categorize seven different types of soil.To accomplish this,the FCMCSO-ASC technique incorporates local diagonal extrema pattern(LDEP)as a feature extractor for producing a collection of feature vectors.In addition,the FCMCSO model is applied for soil classification and the weight values of the FCM model are optimally adjusted by the use of CSO algorithm.For exam-ining the enhanced soil classification outcomes of the FCMCSO-ASC technique,a series of simulations were carried out on benchmark dataset and the experimen-tal outcomes reported the enhanced performance of the FCMCSO-ASC technique over the recent techniques with maximum accuracy of 96.84%.

Optimizing channel cross section in irrigation area using improved cat swarm optimization algorithm

This research aimed to design the channel cross section with low water loss in irrigation areas.The traditional methods and models are based on explicit equations which neglect seepage and evaporation losses with low accuracy.To rectify this problem,in this research,an improved cat swarm optimization(ICSO)was obtained by adding exponential inertia weight coefficient and mutation to enhance the efficiency of conventional cat swarm optimization(CSO).Finally,the Fifth main channel of Jiangdong Irrigation area in Heilongjiang Province was taken as a study area to test the ability of ICSO.Comparing to the original design,the reduction of water loss was 20%with low flow errors.Furthermore,the ICSO was compared with genetic algorithm(GA),the particle swarm optimization(PSO)and cat swarm algorithm(CSO)to verify the effectiveness in the channel section optimization.The results are satisfactory and the method can be used for reliable design of artificial open channels.

Optimal array factor radiation pattern synthesis for linear antenna array using cat swarm optimization： validation by an electromagnetic simulator

In this paper, an optimal design of linear antenna arrays having microstrip patch antenna elements has been carried out Cat swarm optimization （CSO） has been applied for the optimization of the control parameters of radiation pattern of an antenna array. The optimal radiation patterns of isotropic antenna elements are obtained by optimizing the current excitation weight of each element and the inter-element spacing. The antenna arrays of 12, 16, and 20 elements are taken as examples. The arrays are designed by using MATLAB computation and are validated through Computer Simulation Technology-Microwave Studio （CST-MWS）. From the simulation results it is evident that CSO is able to yield the optimal design of linear antenna arrays of patch antenna elements.

Enhanced Metaheuristics with Machine Learning Enabled Cyberattack Detection Model

The Internet of Things(IoT)is considered the next-gen connection network and is ubiquitous since it is based on the Internet.Intrusion Detection System(IDS)determines the intrusion performance of terminal equipment and IoT communication procedures from IoT environments after taking equivalent defence measures based on the identified behaviour.In this back-ground,the current study develops an Enhanced Metaheuristics with Machine Learning enabled Cyberattack Detection and Classification(EMML-CADC)model in an IoT environment.The aim of the presented EMML-CADC model is to detect cyberattacks in IoT environments with enhanced efficiency.To attain this,the EMML-CADC model primarily employs a data preprocessing stage to normalize the data into a uniform format.In addition,Enhanced Cat Swarm Optimization based Feature Selection(ECSO-FS)approach is followed to choose the optimal feature subsets.Besides,Mayfly Optimization(MFO)with Twin Support Vector Machine(TSVM),called the MFO-TSVM model,is utilized for the detection and classification of cyberattacks.Here,the MFO model has been exploited to fine-tune the TSVM variables for enhanced results.The performance of the proposed EMML-CADC model was validated using a benchmark dataset,and the results were inspected under several measures.The comparative study concluded that the EMML-CADC model is superior to other models under different measures.

A novel facial emotion recognition scheme based on graph mining

Recent years have seen an explosion in graph data from a variety of scientific,social and technological fields.From these fields,emotion recognition is an interesting research area because it finds many applications in real life such as in effective social robotics to increase the interactivity of the robot with human,driver safety during driving,pain monitoring during surgery etc.A novel facial emotion recognition based on graph mining has been proposed in this paper to make a paradigm shift in the way of representing the face region,where the face region is represented as a graph of nodes and edges and the gSpan frequent sub-graphs mining algorithm is used to find the frequent sub-structures in the graph database of each emotion.To reduce the number of generated sub-graphs,overlap ratio metric is utilized for this purpose.After encoding the final selected sub-graphs,binary classification is then applied to classify the emotion of the queried input facial image using six levels of classification.Binary cat swarm intelligence is applied within each level of classification to select proper sub-graphs that give the highest accuracy in that level.Different experiments have been conducted using Surrey Audio-Visual Expressed Emotion(SAVEE)database and the final system accuracy was 90.00%.The results show significant accuracy improvements(about 2%)by the proposed system in comparison to current published works in SAVEE database.

CSO Algorithm for Economic Dispatch Decision of Hybrid Generation System

The aim of this research is to study the optimal economic dispatch （ED） through Cat Swarm Optimization （CSO） algorithm. Many areas in power systems require solving one or more nonlinear optimization problems. While analytical methods might suffer from slow convergence and the CSO can, therefore, be effectively applied to different optimization problems. In this paper, the CSO is also extended to coordinate wind and thermal dispatch and to minimize total generation cost. Results indicated that the CSO is superior to PSO in the fast convergence and better performance to find the global best solution.

On the development of cat swarm metaheuristic using distributed learning strategies and the applications

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to propose distributed learning-based three different metaheuristic algorithms for the identification of nonlinear systems.The proposed algorithms are experimented in this study to address problems for which input data are available at different geographic locations.In addition,the models are tested for nonlinear systems with different noise conditions.In a nutshell,the suggested model aims to handle voluminous data with low communication overhead compared to traditional centralized processing methodologies.Design/methodology/approach–Population-based evolutionary algorithms such as genetic algorithm(GA),particle swarm optimization(PSO)and cat swarm optimization(CSO)are implemented in a distributed form to address the system identification problem having distributed input data.Out of different distributed approaches mentioned in the literature,the study has considered incremental and diffusion strategies.Findings–Performances of the proposed distributed learning-based algorithms are compared for different noise conditions.The experimental results indicate that CSO performs better compared to GA and PSO at all noise strengths with respect to accuracy and error convergence rate,but incremental CSO is slightly superior to diffusion CSO.Originality/value–This paper employs evolutionary algorithms using distributed learning strategies and applies these algorithms for the identification of unknown systems.Very few existing studies have been reported in which these distributed learning strategies are experimented for the parameter estimation task.