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20182025
most citedA Two-Dimensional (2-D) Learning Framework for Particle Swarm based Feature Selection

42 citations · 98 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

eess.SY2025

Identification of Cellular Automata on Spaces of Bernoulli Probability Measures

Faizal Hafiz, Amelia Kunze, Enrico Formenti +1

Classical Cellular Automata (CCAs) are a powerful computational framework for modeling global spatio-temporal dynamics with local interactions. While CCAs have been applied across…

nlin.CG2025

Cellular Automata on Probability Measures

Enrico Formenti, Faizal Hafiz, Amelia Kunze +1

Classical Cellular Automata (CCAs) are a powerful computational framework widely used to model complex systems driven by local interactions. Their simplicity lies in the use of a f…

eess.SY2024★ 1 cited

Quantification of Non-stationary Power Quality Events: A New Index Based on -norm of Energy

Faizal Hafiz, Chirag Naik, Davide La Torre +1

The present study proposes a new index to quantify the severity of non-stationary power quality (PQ) disturbance events. In particular, the severity of PQ events is estimated from…

cs.CE2023

Evolution of Neural Architectures for Financial Forecasting: A Note on Data Incompatibility during Crisis Periods

Faizal Hafiz, Jan Broekaert, Akshya Swain

This note focuses on the optimization of neural architectures for stock index movement forecasting following a major market disruption or crisis. Given that such crises may introdu…

cs.CE2023★ 16 cited

Coevolution of Neural Architectures and Features for Stock Market Forecasting: A Multi-objective Decision Perspective

Faizal Hafiz, Jan Broekaert, Davide La Torre +1

In a multi objective setting, a portfolio manager's highly consequential decisions can benefit from assessing alternative forecasting models of stock index movement. The present in…

cs.NE2021

A Multi-criteria Approach to Evolve Sparse Neural Architectures for Stock Market Forecasting

Faizal Hafiz, Jan Broekaert, Davide La Torre +1

This study proposes a new framework to evolve efficacious yet parsimonious neural architectures for the movement prediction of stock market indices using technical indicators as in…

cs.SI2021

Competing control scenarios in probabilistic SIR epidemics on social-contact networks

Jan B. Broekaert, Davide La Torre, Faizal Hafiz

A probabilistic approach to the epidemic evolution on realistic social-contact networks allows for characteristic differences among subjects, including the individual number and st…

eess.IV2020

An Efficient Framework for Automated Screening of Clinically Significant Macular Edema

Renoh Johnson Chalakkal, Faizal Hafiz, Waleed Abdulla +1

The present study proposes a new approach to automated screening of Clinically Significant Macular Edema (CSME) and addresses two major challenges associated with such screenings,…

eess.SY2019★ 25 cited

Multi-objective Evolutionary Approach to Grey-Box Identification of Buck Converter

Faizal Hafiz, Akshya Swain, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes +1

The present study proposes a simple grey-box identification approach to model a real DC-DC buck converter operating in continuous conduction mode. The problem associated with the i…

eess.SY2019

Multi-Objective Evolutionary Framework for Non-linear System Identification: A Comprehensive Investigation

Faizal Hafiz, Akshya Swain, Eduardo MAM Mendes

The present study proposes a multi-objective framework for structure selection of nonlinear systems which are represented by polynomial NARX models. This framework integrates the k…

cs.NE2019

Efficient Feature Selection of Power Quality Events using Two Dimensional (2D) Particle Swarms

Faizal Hafiz, Akshya Swain, Chirag Naik +1

A novel two-dimensional (2D) learning framework has been proposed to address the feature selection problem in Power Quality (PQ) events. Unlike the existing feature selection appro…

eess.SY2019

Orthogonal Floating Search Algorithms: From The Perspective of Nonlinear System Identification

Faizal Hafiz, Akshya Swain, Eduardo Mendes

The present study proposes a new Orthogonal Floating Search framework for structure selection of nonlinear systems by adapting the existing floating search algorithms for feature s…

eess.SY2018★ 14 cited

Structure Selection of Polynomial NARX Models using Two Dimensional (2D) Particle Swarms

Faizal Hafiz, Akshya Swain, Eduardo MAM Mendes +1

The present study applies a novel two-dimensional learning framework (2D-UPSO) based on particle swarms for structure selection of polynomial nonlinear auto-regressive with exogeno…

eess.SY2018

Two-Dimensional (2D) Particle Swarms for Structure Selection of Nonlinear Systems

Faizal Hafiz, Akshya Swain, Eduardo MAM Mendes

The present study proposes a new structure selection approach for non-linear system identification based on Two-Dimensional particle swarms (2D-UPSO). The 2D learning framework ess…

cs.NE2018★ 42 cited

A Two-Dimensional (2-D) Learning Framework for Particle Swarm based Feature Selection

Faizal Hafiz, Akshya Swain, Nitish Patel +1

This paper proposes a new generalized two dimensional learning approach for particle swarm based feature selection. The core idea of the proposed approach is to include the informa…