Shahab Shamshirband's research while affiliated with University of Kuala Lumpur and other places

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Water level prediction of rivers, especially in flood prone countries, can be helpful to reduce losses from flooding. A precise prediction method can issue a forewarning of the impending flood, to implement early evacuation measures, for residents near the river, when is required. To this end, we design a new method to predict water level of river....
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The present study developed a wave height prediction model by the recorded climatic data. We used 1-year buoy data for training and testing the developed soft-computing model. Models were developed using a novel method based on the Support Vector Machine (SVM) coupled with the Firefly Algorithm (FFA). This research work used the FFA for estimating...
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In this paper, the potential of wind energy development for the purpose of hydrogen production in the Fars province of Iran is investigated. To achieve this, wind speeds at 10 m, 30 m and 40 m heights and wind direction at 30 m and 37.5 m recorded in 10 min intervals for the period of one year for four cities of Abadeh, Juyom, Eqleed, and Marvdasht...
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This study aims to recognize that whether introducing various meteorological parameters to the Angström–Prescott (A–P) model eventuates in enhancing the precision of monthly mean global solar radiation estimation in cities of Bandar Abbas and Jask, situated in the south coast of Iran. To identify the significance of the average, maximum and minimum...
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Solubility of CO2 in brine is one of the contributing trapping mechanisms by which the injected CO2 is sequestrated in aquifers. In the literature, the solubility data on low salinity range are scarce. Thus, in the current study, the CO2 solubility was experimentally obtained in the NaCl brines of low salinity (0–1.5 wt%) at temperature of 333–373...
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One of the main steps in the design of dividing hydraulic structures is to determine the side weir discharge coefficient. In this study, a Firefly optimization based Support Vector Regression (SVR-FF) is introduced and examined to predict the discharge coefficient of a modified labyrinth side weir. Ten non-dimensional parameters of various geometri...
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Traditional Open Vehicle Routing Problem (OVRP) methods take account to definite responding to the all requests of customers whiles the main goal of proposed approach in OVRP is decreasing the vehicle numbers time and path traveled by vehicles. Therefore, in the present paper, a new optimization algorithm based on Gravity law and mass interactions...
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Rainfall is a complex atmospheric process that varies over time and space. Researchers have used various empirical and numerical methods to enhance estimation of rainfall intensity. We developed a novel prediction model in this study, with the emphasis on accuracy to identify the most significant meteorological parameters having effect on rainfall....
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In this article, the accuracy of a soft computing technique is evaluated in terms of discharge coefficient prediction of an improved triangular side weir. The process includes simulating the discharge coefficient with the Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS). Matlab software is used for ANFIS modeling. To identify the most appropriate inpu...
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Wind energy poses challenges such as the reduction of the wind speed due to wake effect by other turbines. To increase wind farm efficiency, analyzing the parameters which have influence on the wake effect is very important. In this study clustering methods were applied on the wake effects in wind warm to separate district levels of the wake effect...
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In photovoltaic-thermal (PV/T) system analysis, solar collectors with numerous design concepts have been used to purvey the thermal and electrical energy effectively. In this study, two types of solar thermal collectors in PV/T system are proposed and fabricated called design A and design B respectively. In order to investigate the effects of colle...
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Assessing skeletal age is a subjective and tedious examination process. Hence, automated assessment methods have been developed to replace manual evaluation in medical applications. In this study, a new fully automated method based on content-based image retrieval and using extreme learning machines (ELM) is designed and adapted to assess skeletal...
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In this study, a novel method based on Extreme Learning Machine with wavelet transform algorithm (ELM-WT) was designed and adapted to estimate the exergetic performance of a DI diesel engine. The exergetic information was obtained by calculating mass, energy, and exergy balance equations for the experimental trials conducted at various engine speed...
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In this paper, the concept of ensemble learning is adopted and applied to modeling multi-target regression problems with high-dimensional feature spaces and a small number of instances. A novel neural network ensemble (NNE) model is introduced, called Boosted-NNE based on notions from boosting, subspace projection methods and the negative correlati...
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In this study, soft computing methods are designed and adapted to estimate energy consumption of the building according to main building envelope parameters such as material thicknesses and insulation K-value. In order to predict the building energy consumption, novel intelligent soft computing schemes, support vector regression (SVR), and adaptive...
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Nowadays, investigations are being performed to identify proper approaches for prediction of solar radiation in the absence of measured data. In this context, application of hybrid techniques has attracted many attentions since it offers some advantages by utilizing the specific nature of each technique to achieve more preciseness. This study aims...
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Engineered aluminum oxide (Al2O3), titanium dioxide (TiO2), and silicon dioxide (SiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) are utilized in a broad range of applications; causing noticeable quantities of these materials to be released into the environment. Issues of how and where these particles are distributed into the subsurface aquatic environment remain as majo...
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Ornamental calligraphy features sacred inscriptions in mosques as an integral part of its interior design. This study analyzes the legibility of these Arabic scripts for Malaysian users of mosques, implementing for the first time a quantitative tool for this effort, the ANFIS method. Our purpose is to identify the most influential parameters affect...
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Forecasting lake level at various horizons is a critical issue in navigation, water resource planning and catchment management. In this article, multistep ahead predictive models of predicting daily lake levels for three prediction horizons were created. The models were developed using a novel method based on support vector machine (SVM) coupled wi...
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In this paper, the accuracy of soft computing techniques was employed for prediction of the rutting performance of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) modified asphalt mixture. The process, which simulates the mixture's deformation, was constructed with adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). The inputs were PET percentages, stress levels and t...
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This article presents an innovative approach to estimate the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of peat-enhanced bricks using a hybrid intelligent system (HIS) resulting from integration of support vector regression (SVR) and Bat meta-heuristic algorithm (hereafter, Bat-SVR). First, peat-enhanced brick specimens were prepared for various composi...
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In this study, the residential heating demand of a case study (Baharestan town, Karaj) in Iran was forecasted based on the monthly natural gas consumption data and monthly average of the ambient temperature. Three various methods containing Extreme Learning Machine (ELM), artificial neural networks (ANNs) and genetic programming (GP) were employed...
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The measurement and prediction of dye concentration is important in the design, planning and management of wastewater treatment. Soft computing techniques can be used as a support tool for analyzing data and making prediction. In this study, Central Composite Design (CCD) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) are employed to identify an...
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Attractiveness of the open urban spaces, such as plazas or squares, depends on the visitor’s thermal comfort. In this respect, it is important to assess the environment of such open space along with the demographic factors of the visitors. This study used the soft-computing method of adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) to investigate the...
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Lens system design is an important factor in image quality. The main aspect of the lens system design methodology is the optimization procedure. Since optimization is a complex, nonlinear task, soft computing optimization algorithms can be used. There are many tools that can be employed to measure optical performance, but the spot diagram is the mo...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey, explore and inform researchers about the previous methodologies applied, target audience and coverage of previous assessment of cybersecurity awareness by capturing, summarizing, synthesizing and critically comment on it. It is also conducted to identify the gaps in the cybersecurity awareness asses...
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The probabilistic distribution of wind speed is one of the critical wind parameters for the evaluation of wind energy potential. The wind energy distribution can be acquired when wind speed probability function is known. The two-parameter Weibull distribution has been regularly utilized and prescribed in expositive expression to express the wind sp...
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The adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) is applied for selection of the most influential reference evapotranspiration (ET0) parameters. This procedure is typically called variable selection. It is identical to finding a subset of the full set of recorded variables that illustrates good predictive abilities. The full weather datasets for s...
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In this study, a hybrid support vector machine–firefly optimization algorithm (SVM-FFA) model is proposed to estimate monthly mean horizontal global solar radiation (HGSR). The merit of SVM-FFA is assessed statistically by comparing its performance with three previously used approaches. Using each approach and long-term measured HGSR, three models...
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Open vehicle routing problem (OVRP) is one of the most important problem in the vehicle routing which is attracted great interest in several recent applications in industries. The purpose in solving the OVRP is to decrease the number of vehi-cles and to reduce travel distance and time of the vehicles. In this article, a new meta-heuristic algorithm...
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Tsunamis pose a great threat to coastal infrastructures. Bridges without adequate provisions for earthquake and tsunami loading generally are vulnerable when a tsunami occurs. During the last two disastrous tsunami events (i.e., the tsunami in the Indian Ocean and the tsunami that struck Japan), many bridges were damaged by the waves created by the...
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In this study greenhouse tomato production was investigated from energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission point of views. Moreover, artificial neural networks (ANNs) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS) were employed to model energy consumption for greenhouse tomato production. Total energy input and output were calculated...
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Vehicle routing is considered the basic issue in distribution management. In real-world problems, customer demand for some commodities increases on special situations. On the one hand, one of the factors that are very important for customers is the timely delivery of the demanded commodities. In this research, customers had several different kinds...
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The current paper presents an investigation of the accuracy of soft computing techniques in precipitation estimation. The monthly precipitation data from 29 synoptic stations in Serbia from 1946 to 2012 are used as case study. Despite a number of mathematical functions having been proposed for modeling precipitation estimation, the models still hav...
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Analyses of drought regions require long-term historical data to ensure reliable drought indices estimate. Therefore, various indices have been used to measure different drought characteristics depending on research objectives. The present study investigates the application of clustering methods on the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) at the...
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Wind energy has become a large contender of traditional fossil fuel energy, particularly with the successful operation of multi-megawatt sized wind turbines. However, reasonable wind speed is not adequately sustainable everywhere to build an economical wind farm. In wind energy conversion systems, one of the operational problems is the changeabilit...

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... Multiple input neuron b=f (Vp+k) Mobile Information Systems backpropagation to reduce the error. However, it has the weakness of small limitations, requires a lot of structure and learning parameters, and is easy to fall into local optimum [17]. ...
... The results showed that the model has a better generalization ability and practical value in water level prediction. On a deeper level, Soleymani et al. (2016) designed a new method to predict the water level of rivers. Their method utilizes the firefly algorithm (FFA) to train the radial basis function (RBF), and the FFA is used to interpolate the RBF to predict the best solution. ...
... In the beginning, the project's survival was the most critical factor. Because of this, early studies mainly focused on technical or economic assessment [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Some studies have begun to take the environmental aspect [13][14][15][16] into consideration as increasingly more people are becoming concerned about the planet's environment. ...
... Malekmohamadi et al. (2011) andJames et al. (2018) applied different ML models to predict wave conditions in coastal waters indicating the efficiency of the employed model. Roy et al. (2016) developed a wave height prediction model, using a novel method based on SVMs coupled with the Firefly Algorithm and compared the predicted results with ANNs and genetic programming. Berbić et al. (2017) applied ANNs and SVMs for the purpose of realterm significant wave forecasting. ...
... The total demand of all the customers in a constructed route should not exceed the total capacity of the vehicles. In some problems, vehicle usage time limitation is considered together with the traveled distance limitation: the distance traveled and the travel time spent on the vehicle for the route must not exceed the maximum allowed limits [9,10]. Minimizing the number of vehicles besides minimizing the distance traveled through the routes, and minimizing total travel time are among the main objectives of this problem. ...
... They concluded that ANFIS performed slightly better than ANN models and was more superior to MNLR and MLR. The classical ANFIS was employed extensively within the different research groups to assess Cd in different grade control structures: labyrinth side-weir, semi-elliptical side weir, Two-Cycle Labyrinth Side Weir, Type B piano-key side weir, etc [6,[76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86]. The first developed ANFIS model, which used an evolutionary algorithm, was employed by Khoshbin et al. [87]. ...
... In recent years, clustering algorithms have been widely used for meteorological and climatological studies, although the choice of the input parameters represents a critical constraint for successful algorithm setup (see the review by Huth et al. 2008 for details about clustering techniques and meteorological applications). Among these, thanks to its simplicity of implementation and computation efficiency, the k-means algorithm is widely used for the classification of environmental data-e.g., observations from meteorological stations (Li et al. 2020), evapotranspiration measurements (Ferreira et al. 2019), and air quality parameters (Adame et al. 2012)-as well as for wind energy resource assessments (Al-Shammari et al. 2016) and rainfall prediction (Geetha and Nasira 2014). ...
... Literature [34] used extreme random trees to classify daytime weather types into four categories, and based on weather type used multiple machine learning models for power generation prediction, and the results showed that the SVM model outperformed other traditional prediction models when the weather changed frequently. Literature [35] used a SVM model to simplify the complex mathematical problem of output power prediction and combined it with wavelet, radial basis function, and firefly algorithm and verified that the model can obtain more accurate prediction results. Literature [36] proposed a hybrid model combining wavelet transform, particle swarm optimization, and SVM (WT-PSO-SVM), and applied the model to short-term power prediction of real microgrid generation systems. ...
... Since these neural networks capture nonlinearities more effectively than look-up tables, feedforward neural networks were determined to reduce the number of engine measurements required to generate engine-calibration maps [600]. With the increasing popularity of biofuels and fuel additives, these ML algorithms are under investigation as a way to handle the added dimensionality in calibration tables that arises from variations in fuel composition [601,602]. These surrogate models could also be employed to improve other aspects of engine calibration, as highlighted by the use of SVMs to reduce the number of experimental measurements needed to explore novel optimization algorithms for engine calibration [603]. ...