<p>Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) is a new meta-heuristic algorithm proposed by Australian scholar Mirjalili Seyedali in 2016 based on the feeding behavior of whales ocean. In response to disadvantages this algorithm, such as low solution accuracy, slow convergence speed and easy fall into local optimum, an improved Whale (IWOA) paper. We introduce chaotic mapping initialization keep ...

Artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm is a swarm intelligence optimization algorithm inspired by the intelligent behavior of honey bees when searching for food sources. Various versions of the ABC algorithm have been widely used to solve continuous and discrete optimization problems in different fields. In this paper, a new binary version of the ABC algorithm inspired by quantum computing calle...

To prevent an exploit, the security analyst must implement a suitable countermeasure. In this paper, we consider cost-sensitive attack graphs (CAGs) for network vulnerability analysis. In these attack graphs, a weight is assigned to each countermeasure to represent the cost of its implementation. There may be multiple countermeasures with different weights for preventing a single exploit. Also,...

The main purpose of this paper was to use a combination of Energy-based design method and whale algorithm (WOA), hereinafter referred to as E-WOA, to optimize steel moment frames and improve the seismic performance. In E-WOA, by properly estimating the seismic input energy and determining the optimal mechanism for the structure, steel frames are designed based on the energy balance method; acco...