1. Construction biogeography-based optimization algorithm for solving classification problems

   • Mohammed Alweshah

   Original Article 28 February 2018 Pages: 5679 - 5688

   

2. Robust collaborative representation-based classification via regularization of truncated total least squares

   • Shaoning Zeng
   • Bob Zhang
   • Jianping Gou

   Original Article 28 February 2018 Pages: 5689 - 5697

   

3. Toward naive Bayes with attribute value weighting

   • Liangjun Yu
   • Liangxiao Jiang
   • Lungan Zhang

   Original Article 28 February 2018 Pages: 5699 - 5713

   

4. An efficient soft demapper for APSK signals using extreme learning machine

   • Abdulkerim Öztekin
   • Ergun Erçelebi

   Original Article 01 March 2018 Pages: 5715 - 5727

   

5. Multi-objective sizing and topology optimization of truss structures using genetic programming based on a new adaptive mutant operator

   • Hirad Assimi
   • Ali Jamali
   • Nader Nariman-zadeh

   Original Article 02 March 2018 Pages: 5729 - 5749

   

6. A hybrid wavelet–APSO–ANN-based protection scheme for six-phase transmission line with real-time validation

   • Sunil Kumar Shukla
   • Ebha Koley
   • Subhojit Ghosh

   Original Article 03 March 2018 Pages: 5751 - 5765

   

7. Health stages diagnostics of underwater thruster using sound features with imbalanced dataset

   • Teck Kai Chan
   • Cheng Siong Chin

   Original Article 03 March 2018 Pages: 5767 - 5782

   

8. Off-line Bangla handwritten word recognition: a holistic approach

   • Showmik Bhowmik
   • Samir Malakar
   • Mita Nasipuri

   Original Article 03 March 2018 Pages: 5783 - 5798

   

9. Reliable method of determining stable threshold channel shape using experimental and gene expression programming techniques

   • Azadeh Gholami
   • Hossein Bonakdari
   • Saeed Reza Khodashenas

   Original Article 05 March 2018 Pages: 5799 - 5817

   

10. Nature-inspired heuristic paradigms for parameter estimation of control autoregressive moving average systems

    • Ammara Mehmood
    • Aneela Zameer
    • Muhammad Saeed Aslam

    Original Article 05 March 2018 Pages: 5819 - 5842

    

11. GEP and MLR approaches for the prediction of reference evapotranspiration

    • Mohamed A. Mattar
    • A. A. Alazba

    Original Article 05 March 2018 Pages: 5843 - 5855

    

12. Quantum-behaved bat algorithm for many-objective combined economic emission dispatch problem using cubic criterion function

    • Fahad Parvez Mahdi
    • Pandian Vasant
    • Junzo Watada

    Original Article 06 March 2018 Pages: 5857 - 5869

    

13. Selecting the optimal mining method with extended multi-objective optimization by ratio analysis plus the full multiplicative form (MULTIMOORA) approach

    • Weizhang Liang
    • Guoyan Zhao
    • Changshou Hong

    Original Article 07 March 2018 Pages: 5871 - 5886

14. Age and gender classification using brain–computer interface

    • Barjinder Kaur
    • Dinesh Singh
    • Partha Pratim Roy

    Original Article 07 March 2018 Pages: 5887 - 5900

    

15. A modified TOPSIS method based on vague parameterized vague soft sets and its application to supplier selection problems

    • Ganeshsree Selvachandran
    • Xindong Peng

    Original Article 07 March 2018 Pages: 5901 - 5916

    

16. Object tracking in the presence of shaking motions

    • Manna Dai
    • Shuying Cheng
    • Dadong Wang

    Original Article 07 March 2018 Pages: 5917 - 5934

    

17. Improved statistical features-based control chart patterns recognition using ANFIS with fuzzy clustering

    • Munawar Zaman
    • Adnan Hassan

    Original Article 08 March 2018 Pages: 5935 - 5949

    

18. Optimization of energy management and conversion in the water systems based on evolutionary algorithms

    • Hojat Karami
    • Mohammad Ehteram
    • Ahmed El-Shafie

    Original Article 09 March 2018 Pages: 5951 - 5964

    

19. A grasshopper optimizer approach for feature selection and optimizing SVM parameters utilizing real biomedical data sets

    • Hadeel Tariq Ibrahim
    • Wamidh Jalil Mazher
    • Oguz Bayat

    Original Article 10 March 2018 Pages: 5965 - 5974

    

20. Perturbation wavelet neural sliding mode position control for a voice coil motor driver

    • Chun-Fei Hsu
    • Wei-Fu Kao

    Original Article 12 March 2018 Pages: 5975 - 5988

    

21. Market impact analysis via deep learned architectures

    • Xiaodong Li
    • Jingjing Cao
    • Zhaoqing Pan

    Original Article 13 March 2018 Pages: 5989 - 6000

    

22. Flower pollination–feedforward neural network for load flow forecasting in smart distribution grid

    • Gaddafi Sani Shehu
    • Nurettin Çetinkaya

    Original Article 13 March 2018 Pages: 6001 - 6012

    

23. Equation of SVM-rebalancing: the point-normal form of a plane for class imbalance problem

    • Che-Chang Hsu
    • Kuo-Shong Wang
    • Shih-Hsing Chang

    Original Article 15 March 2018 Pages: 6013 - 6025

    

24. A neural dynamic system for solving convex nonlinear optimization problems with hybrid constraints

    • Xinjian Huang
    • Baotong Cui

    Original Article 15 March 2018 Pages: 6027 - 6038

    

25. Projective synchronization for fractional-order memristor-based neural networks with time delays

    • Yajuan Gu
    • Yongguang Yu
    • Hu Wang

    Original Article 16 March 2018 Pages: 6039 - 6054

    

26. A novel double incremental learning algorithm for time series prediction

    • Jinhua Li
    • Qun Dai
    • Rui Ye

    Original Article 17 March 2018 Pages: 6055 - 6077

    

27. Selfish node detection in ad hoc networks based on fuzzy logic

    • Homa Hasani
    • Shahram Babaie

    Original Article 17 March 2018 Pages: 6079 - 6090

    

28. Computational diagnosis of skin lesions from dermoscopic images using combined features

    • Roberta B. Oliveira
    • Aledir S. Pereira
    • João Manuel R. S. Tavares

    Original Article 19 March 2018 Pages: 6091 - 6111

    

29. Fuzzy logic-based performance improvement on MAC layer in wireless local area networks

    • Cemal Kocak
    • Hacı Bayram Karakurt

    Original Article 19 March 2018 Pages: 6113 - 6128

    

30. Analysis and design of single-phase power factor corrector with genetic algorithm and adaptive neuro-fuzzy-based sliding mode controller using DC–DC SEPIC

    • Subbiah Durgadevi
    • Mallapu Gopinath Umamaheswari

    Original Article 19 March 2018 Pages: 6129 - 6140

    

31. Classification of M-QAM and M-PSK signals using genetic programming (GP)

    • Asad Hussain
    • M. F. Sohail
    • I. M. Qureshi

    Original Article 19 March 2018 Pages: 6141 - 6149

    

32. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Bat algorithm as a metaheuristic optimization approach in materials and design: optimal design of a new float for different materials

    • Mostafa Jalal
    • Anal K. Mukhopadhyay
    • Maral Goharzay

    Original Article 20 March 2018 Pages: 6151 - 6161

    

33. Adaptive lasso echo state network based on modified Bayesian information criterion for nonlinear system modeling

    • Junfei Qiao
    • Lei Wang
    • Cuili Yang

    Original Article 21 March 2018 Pages: 6163 - 6177

    

34. Single-label and multi-label conceptor classifiers in pre-trained neural networks

    • Guangwu Qian
    • Lei Zhang
    • Yan Wang

    Original Article 21 March 2018 Pages: 6179 - 6188

    

35. NNIRSS: neural network-based intelligent routing scheme for SDN

    • Chuangchuang Zhang
    • Xingwei Wang
    • Min Huang

    Original Article 21 March 2018 Pages: 6189 - 6205

    

36. A novel hybrid metaheuristic algorithm for model order reduction in the delta domain: a unified approach

    • Souvik Ganguli
    • Gagandeep Kaur
    • Prasanta Sarkar

    Original Article 22 March 2018 Pages: 6207 - 6221

    

37. Bag-of-visual-words for signature-based multi-script document retrieval

    • Ranju Mandal
    • Partha Pratim Roy
    • Michael Blumenstein

    Original Article 22 March 2018 Pages: 6223 - 6247

    

38. Neural network modeling of monthly salinity variations in oyster reef in Apalachicola Bay in response to freshwater inflow and winds

    • Duc Le
    • Wenrui Huang
    • Elijah Johnson

    Original Article 22 March 2018 Pages: 6249 - 6259

    

39. Prediction of permanent deformation in asphalt pavements using a novel symbiotic organisms search–least squares support vector regression

    • Min-Yuan Cheng
    • Doddy Prayogo
    • Yu-Wei Wu

    Original Article 23 March 2018 Pages: 6261 - 6273

    

40. Combined effects of Brownian motion and thermophoresis parameters on three-dimensional (3D) Casson nanofluid flow across the porous layers slendering sheet in a suspension of graphene nanoparticles

    • P. Durgaprasad
    • S. V. K. Varma
    • C. S. K. Raju

    Original Article 23 March 2018 Pages: 6275 - 6286

    

41. Development of a monopoly pricing model for diffusion maximization in fuzzy weighted social networks with negative externalities of heterogeneous nodes using a case study

    • Aghdas Badiee
    • Mehdi Ghazanfari

    Original Article 26 March 2018 Pages: 6287 - 6301

    

42. A novel robust \(H_{\infty }\) fuzzy state feedback plus state-derivative feedback controller design for nonlinear time-varying delay systems

    • S. Ruangsang
    • W. Assawinchaichote

    Original Article 28 March 2018 Pages: 6303 - 6318

    

43. A spike train distance-based method to evaluate the response of mechanoreceptive afferents

    • Zhengkun Yi
    • Yilei Zhang

    Original Article 29 March 2018 Pages: 6319 - 6330

    

44. Fuzzy logic controller-based MPPT for hybrid photo-voltaic/wind/fuel cell power system

    • Mohammad Junaid Khan
    • Lini Mathew

    Original Article 31 March 2018 Pages: 6331 - 6344

    

45. CBR-PSO: cost-based rough particle swarm optimization approach for high-dimensional imbalanced problems

    • Emel Kızılkaya Aydogan
    • Mihrimah Ozmen
    • Yılmaz Delice

    Original Article 02 April 2018 Pages: 6345 - 6363

    

46. Synchronization of single-degree-of-freedom oscillators via neural network based on fixed-time terminal sliding mode control scheme

    • Haibin Sun
    • Linlin Hou
    • Chaojie Li

    Original Article 02 April 2018 Pages: 6365 - 6372

    

47. Application of radial basis functions in solving fuzzy integral equations

    • Sh. S. Asari
    • M. Amirfakhrian
    • S. Chakraverty

    Original Article 02 April 2018 Pages: 6373 - 6381

    

48. Feature selection based on correlation deflation

    • Si-Bao Chen
    • Chris H. Q. Ding
    • Bin Luo

    Original Article 02 April 2018 Pages: 6383 - 6392

    

49. Rotation-invariant features based on directional coding for texture classification

    • Farida Ouslimani
    • Achour Ouslimani
    • Zohra Ameur

    Original Article 04 April 2018 Pages: 6393 - 6400

    

50. A BBO-based algorithm for slope stability analysis by locating critical failure surface

    • Jayraj Singh
    • Haider Banka
    • Amit Kumar Verma

    Original Article 04 April 2018 Pages: 6401 - 6418