Edge–Region Collaborative Segmentation of Potato Leaf Disease Images Using Beluga Whale Optimization Algorithm with Danger Sensing Mechanism by Jin-Ling Bei, Ji-Quan Wang

“…The method introduces an <i>S</i>-shaped control parameter, a danger sensing mechanism, a dynamic foraging strategy, and an improved whale fall model to enhance global search ability, prevent premature convergence, and improve solution quality. …”
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Multi-objective Path Planning for AUVs Based on Improved Whale Optimization Algorithms and Fluid Disturbance Algorithms by Yuhong MA, Wen PANG, Daqi ZHU

“…A hybrid population initialization method was developed by combining chaotic mapping to generate high-coverage initial solutions and a greedy algorithm to construct locally optimal sequences, effectively addressing the issue of poor solution quality caused by random initialization in traditional WOA. …”
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An Operation Optimization Strategy of the Combined Power Generation System with Wind Power &amp; Pumped Storage Based on Improved Whale Algorithm by LI Kecheng, YANG Ning

“…Simulation results show that the convergence, distribution and uniformity of the improved multi-objective whale optimization algorithm are better than the multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm and the basic multi-objective whale optimization algorithm, which verifies the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed improved multi-objective optimization method. …”
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ML-based approach to potato diseases diagnosis using image processing and whale optimization algorithm for feature selection by Zhongxu Li, Seyed Mohamad Javidan

“…Nature-inspired feature extraction techniques, such as the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA), have gained considerable attention recently. …”
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Multimodal representative answer extraction in community question answering by Ming Li, Yating Ma, Ying Li, Yixue Bai

“…The improved Beluga whale optimization algorithm (MTRL-BWO), based on tent mapping, reinforcement learning, and multiple swarm strategy, is designed to increase the diversity of the population while avoiding local optima to improve the search capability and solution accuracy of the algorithm. …”
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Enhanced Multi-Threshold Otsu Algorithm for Corn Seedling Band Centerline Extraction in Straw Row Grouping by Yuanyuan Liu, Yuxin Du, Kaipeng Zhang, Hong Yan, Zhiguo Wu, Jiaxin Zhang, Xin Tong, Junhui Chen, Fuxuan Li, Mengqi Liu, Yueyong Wang, Jun Wang

“…The method avoids premature convergence and improves population diversity by embedding the crossover mechanism of Differential Evolution (DE) into the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) and introducing a vector disturbance strategy. …”
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Development of A Novel Discharge Routing Method Based On the Large Discharge Dataset, Muskingum Model, Optimization Methods, and Multi-Criteria Decision Making by Mahdi Valikhan Anaraki, Saeed Farzin, Iman Ahmadianfar, Amin Shams

“…Different MOAs, including a Genetic Algorithm (GA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Firefly Algorithm (FFA), Cuckoo Search (CS), Bat Algorithm (BA), Shark Smell Optimization (SSO), Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA), Harris Hawk''s Optimization (HHO), and hybrid of WOA and CS (WOA_CS), were developed for Muskingum calibration. …”
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Research on intelligent control of coal slime flotation based on the WOA-GRU model by DOU Zhiheng, WANG Ranfeng, QIN Xinkai, CHAI Yuqing, LI Pinyu, LIU Shutong

“…Due to the complexity of the flotation process mechanism, which makes it difficult to meet the requirements of advanced process control, a system identification modeling method was adopted. To address the low fitting accuracy of traditional identification methods, a Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA)-based Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) system identification model (WOA-GRU) was proposed. …”
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Finite Element Model Updating for a Continuous Beam-Arch Composite Bridge Based on the RSM and a Nutcracker Optimization Algorithm by Weihua Zhou, Hongyin Yang, Jing Hao, Mengxiang Zhai, Hongyou Cao, Zhangjun Liu, Kang Wang

“…While the whale optimization algorithm required 21 iterations and the grey wolf optimizer needed 41 iterations to converge near the minimum, the NOA achieved this in merely 13 iterations, demonstrating the NOA’s superior convergence speed. …”
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Decomposition-reconstruction-optimization framework for hog price forecasting: Integrating STL, PCA, and BWO-optimized BiLSTM. by Xiangjuan Liu, Yunlong Li, Fengtong Wang, Yujie Qin, Zhongyu Lyu

“…Finally, the Beluga Whale Optimization (BWO)-tuned STL-PCA-BWO-BiLSTM hybrid model delivered optimal performance on test sets (RMSE = 0.22, MAE = 0.16, MAPE = 0.99%, [Formula: see text]), exhibiting 40.7% higher accuracy than unoptimized BiLSTM (MAE = 0.27). …”
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Hunting Stability Enhancement of a Train Bogie Employing Inerter-Based Suspension Mechanism by Yong Wang, Chenyang Hong, Haodong Meng

“…The structural parameter analysis of inerter-based suspension mechanism is conducted, and the structural parameters are optimized using the nondominated sorting whale optimization algorithm (NSWOA). …”
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The Rapid Detection of Foreign Fibers in Seed Cotton Based on Hyperspectral Band Selection and a Lightweight Neural Network by Yeqi Fei, Zhenye Li, Dongyi Wang, Chao Ni

“…The traditional detection methods often fail to identify fine impurities under visible light, while full-spectrum hyperspectral imaging (HSI) techniques—despite their effectiveness—tend to be prohibitively expensive and computationally intensive. …”
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The superior coupled model with innovative strategy for accurate imputation of missing hydrological monitoring data in water research-A case of groundwater level data by Xian-Qi Zhang, Zi-Yu Li, Xian-Liang Liu, Xiao-Yan Wu, Xin-Yong Xu, En-Kuan Li, Bo-Wen Wang, Su-Bo Han, Shao-Bo Liu

“…The results show that ESMD can decompose the groundwater level sequences into IMFs and R; the PE-SVD method for complexity-based reclassification and feature extraction can reasonably reduce the number of components while guaranteeing imputing accuracy. …”
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Potential of Bioinspired Artificial Vaginas to Improve Semen Quality in Dolphins by Jacquline Rich, Guillermo J. Sánchez-Contreras, Jonathan R. Cowart, Dara N. Orbach

“…Sperm collected using BAVs showed non-significant increases in median progressive and rapid motility, and increases in median and mean linear motility, supporting a sexual selection functional hypothesis for the biodiverse vaginal folds unique to whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Sperm concentration decreased with BAV collection, while no consistent trends were detected in volume, pH, velocity, or plasma membrane integrity. …”
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