scholarly journals Optimization of an appointment scheduling problem for healthcare systems based on the quality of fairness service using whale optimization algorithm and NSGA-II

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Ala ◽  
Fawaz E. Alsaadi ◽  
Mohsen Ahmadi ◽  
Seyedali Mirjalili
Keyword(s):  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Appointment Scheduling ◽  
Whale Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Nsga Ii ◽  
Appointment Date ◽  
Scheduling Model ◽  
Whale Optimization ◽  
First Come First Serve ◽  
Priority Factor

AbstractEffective appointment scheduling (EAS) is essential for the quality and patient satisfaction in hospital management. Healthcare schedulers typically refer patients to a suitable period of service before the admission call closes. The appointment date can no longer be adjusted. This research presents the whale optimization algorithm (WOA) based on the Pareto archive and NSGA-II algorithm to solve the appointment scheduling model by considering the simulation approach. Based on these two algorithms, this paper has addressed the multi-criteria method in appointment scheduling. This paper computes WOA and NSGA with various hypotheses to meet the analysis and different factors related to patients in the hospital. In the last part of the model, this paper has analyzed NSGA and WOA with three cases. Fairness policy first come first serve (FCFS) considers the most priority factor to obtain from figure to strategies optimized solution for best satisfaction results. In the proposed NSGA, the FCFS approach and the WOA approach are contrasted. Numerical results indicate that both the FCFS and WOA approaches outperform the strategy optimized by the proposed algorithm.

scholarly journals Multi-Objective Whale Optimization Algorithm for Computation Offloading Optimization in Mobile Edge Computing

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 2628
Author(s):  
Mengxing Huang ◽  
Qianhao Zhai ◽  
Yinjie Chen ◽  
Siling Feng ◽  
Feng Shu
Keyword(s):  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Edge Computing ◽  
Solution Set ◽  
Whale Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Computation Offloading ◽  
Mobile Edge Computing ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Whale Optimization ◽  
Artificial Immune System Algorithm

Computation offloading is one of the most important problems in edge computing. Devices can transmit computation tasks to servers to be executed through computation offloading. However, not all the computation tasks can be offloaded to servers with the limitation of network conditions. Therefore, it is very important to decide quickly how many tasks should be executed on servers and how many should be executed locally. Only computation tasks that are properly offloaded can improve the Quality of Service (QoS). Some existing methods only focus on a single objection, and of the others some have high computational complexity. There still have no method that could balance the targets and complexity for universal application. In this study, a Multi-Objective Whale Optimization Algorithm (MOWOA) based on time and energy consumption is proposed to solve the optimal offloading mechanism of computation offloading in mobile edge computing. It is the first time that MOWOA has been applied in this area. For improving the quality of the solution set, crowding degrees are introduced and all solutions are sorted by crowding degrees. Additionally, an improved MOWOA (MOWOA2) by using the gravity reference point method is proposed to obtain better diversity of the solution set. Compared with some typical approaches, such as the Grid-Based Evolutionary Algorithm (GrEA), Cluster-Gradient-based Artificial Immune System Algorithm (CGbAIS), Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm III (NSGA-III), etc., the MOWOA2 performs better in terms of the quality of the final solutions.

scholarly journals A Novel Approach of ECG Signal Enhancement Using Adaptive Filter Based on Whale Optimization Algorithm

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1895-1903
Author(s):  
Nidhi Lakhera ◽  
A R Verma ◽  
Bhumika Gupta ◽  
Surjeet Singh Patel
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Filter ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Biomedical Signal Processing ◽  
Whale Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Ecg Signal ◽  
Biomedical Signal ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Whale Optimization ◽  
Optimum Weight

An Electro cardiogram is commonly used in biomedical signal processing. It is used to monitor minor electrical changes in the human body. The electrical changes originate due to the function of heart. The anomalies of heart are found by ECG. In this work the Whale optimization algorithm is used to de-noising the ECG signal. The Whale optimization algorithm is used with Adaptive filter which filter the corrupted ECG signal. The performance of the ANC will be improved by calculating the optimum weight value. The WOA technique gives the best result on the different fidelity parameter compare to PSO, MPSO and ABC. The WOA technique gives the significant improvement in accuracy. It gives a good SNR, MSE, ME result compare to PSO, MPSO and ABC. The WOA gives 80% improvement in SNR 88% in MSE and 89% in ME as compared to PSO. So, by using WOA we get a desired ECG component. The WOA reduces the noise in ECG signal and improves the quality of signal.

scholarly journals Image Fusion Technique Based on Hybrid Whale Optimization Algorithm Simulated Annealing (hWOA-SA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Keyword(s):  
Simulated Annealing ◽  
Image Fusion ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Curvelet Transform ◽  
Whale Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Fusion Technique ◽  
Whale Optimization ◽  
Image Fusion Technique ◽  
Combined Algorithm

Curvelet transform is a multiscale directional transformer, which allows optimal non-adaptive sparse representation of object with edge. In this paper, a new image fusion technique has been developed by combination of whale optimization algorithm (WOA) and simulated annealing (SA) along with curvelet transform. The resulting combined algorithm is abbreviated as hybrid whale optimization algorithm with simulated annealing. Initially, hWOA-SA has been applied to enhancing the quality of image using de-noising scheme. Afterwards, the curvelet transform has been employed to carry out the fusion of images. In terms of PSNR, the curvelet transform exhibits the better performance. The effectiveness and validation of the proposed scheme has been carried-out using quality matrices. The performance analysis is carried out after checking the effectiveness of proposed approach by evaluating the various parameters such as: RSME, PFE, MAE, CORR, SNR, PSNR, MI, UQI and SSIM and compared with numerous techniques. Simulation results obtained from proposed hWOA-SA based image fusion are very competitive and better than other image fusion technique available in the literature.

Performance Evaluation of Fiber Wireless (FiWi) Access Network using Position Optimization of ONUs

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitin Chouhan ◽  
Uma Rathore Bhatt ◽  
Raksha Upadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Optical Network ◽  
Access Network ◽  
Whale Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Wireless Access ◽  
Delivery Ratio ◽  
Packet Delivery ◽  
Whale Optimization ◽  
Wireless Access Network

: Fiber Wireless Access Network is the blend of passive optical network and wireless access network. This network provides higher capacity, better flexibility, more stability and improved reliability to the users at lower cost. Network component (such as Optical Network Unit (ONU)) placement is one of the major research issues which affects the network design, performance and cost. Considering all these concerns, we implement customized Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) for ONU placement. Initially whale optimization algorithm is applied to get optimized position of ONUs, which is followed by reduction of number of ONUs in the network. Reduction of ONUs is done such that with fewer number of ONUs all routers present in the network can communicate. In order to ensure the performance of the network we compute the network parameters such as Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR), Total Time for Delivering the Packets in the Network (TTDPN) and percentage reduction in power consumption for the proposed algorithm. The performance of the proposed work is compared with existing algorithms (deterministic and centrally placed ONUs with predefined hops) and has been analyzed through extensive simulation. The result shows that the proposed algorithm is superior to the other algorithms in terms of minimum required ONUs and reduced power consumption in the network with almost same packet delivery ratio and total time for delivering the packets in the network. Therefore, present work is suitable for developing cost-effective FiWi network with maintained network performance.

scholarly journals An image denoising method based on BP neural network optimized by improved whale optimization algorithm

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunzhi Wang ◽  
Min Li ◽  
Ruoxi Wang ◽  
Han Yu ◽  
Shuping Wang
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Image Denoising ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Bp Neural Network ◽  
Weight Coefficient ◽  
Whale Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Denoising Method ◽  
Training Time ◽  
Whale Optimization ◽  
City Construction

AbstractAs an important part of smart city construction, traffic image denoising has been studied widely. Image denoising technique can enhance the performance of segmentation and recognition model and improve the accuracy of segmentation and recognition results. However, due to the different types of noise and the degree of noise pollution, the traditional image denoising methods generally have some problems, such as blurred edges and details, loss of image information. This paper presents an image denoising method based on BP neural network optimized by improved whale optimization algorithm. Firstly, the nonlinear convergence factor and adaptive weight coefficient are introduced into the algorithm to improve the optimization ability and convergence characteristics of the standard whale optimization algorithm. Then, the improved whale optimization algorithm is used to optimize the initial weight and threshold value of BP neural network to overcome the dependence in the construction process, and shorten the training time of the neural network. Finally, the optimized BP neural network is applied to benchmark image denoising and traffic image denoising. The experimental results show that compared with the traditional denoising methods such as Median filtering, Neighborhood average filtering and Wiener filtering, the proposed method has better performance in peak signal-to-noise ratio.

Whale optimization algorithm based on lateral inhibition for image matching and vision-guided AUV docking

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Zheping Yan ◽  
Jinzhong Zhang ◽  
Jialing Tang
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Inhibition ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Image Matching ◽  
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Search Space ◽  
Whale Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Inhibition Mechanism ◽  
Whale Optimization ◽  
Accuracy And Stability

The accuracy and stability of relative pose estimation of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and a target depend on whether the characteristics of the underwater image can be accurately and quickly extracted. In this paper, a whale optimization algorithm (WOA) based on lateral inhibition (LI) is proposed to solve the image matching and vision-guided AUV docking problem. The proposed method is named the LI-WOA. The WOA is motivated by the behavior of humpback whales, and it mainly imitates encircling prey, bubble-net attacking and searching for prey to obtain the globally optimal solution in the search space. The WOA not only balances exploration and exploitation but also has a faster convergence speed, higher calculation accuracy and stronger robustness than other approaches. The lateral inhibition mechanism can effectively perform image enhancement and image edge extraction to improve the accuracy and stability of image matching. The LI-WOA combines the optimization efficiency of the WOA and the matching accuracy of the LI mechanism to improve convergence accuracy and the correct matching rate. To verify its effectiveness and feasibility, the WOA is compared with other algorithms by maximizing the similarity between the original image and the template image. The experimental results show that the LI-WOA has a better average value, a higher correct rate, less execution time and stronger robustness than other algorithms. The LI-WOA is an effective and stable method for solving the image matching and vision-guided AUV docking problem.

scholarly journals An Improved Whale Optimization Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Jin Zhang ◽  
Li Hong ◽  
Qing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Traveling Salesman Problem ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Optimization Problems ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Population Diversity ◽  
Traveling Salesman ◽  
Whale Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Neighborhood Search ◽  
Whale Optimization ◽  
The Traveling Salesman Problem

The whale optimization algorithm is a new type of swarm intelligence bionic optimization algorithm, which has achieved good optimization results in solving continuous optimization problems. However, it has less application in discrete optimization problems. A variable neighborhood discrete whale optimization algorithm for the traveling salesman problem (TSP) is studied in this paper. The discrete code is designed first, and then the adaptive weight, Gaussian disturbance, and variable neighborhood search strategy are introduced, so that the population diversity and the global search ability of the algorithm are improved. The proposed algorithm is tested by 12 classic problems of the Traveling Salesman Problem Library (TSPLIB). Experiment results show that the proposed algorithm has better optimization performance and higher efficiency compared with other popular algorithms and relevant literature.

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