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Graph neural networks at war: integrating cybersecurity and drone intelligence in the Israeli-Iranian conflict
Sozan Sulaiman Maghdid, Tarik Ahmed Rashid, Shavan Askar
Physical cyber systems have brought about new threats and challenges in detection and immediate response. This study examines how Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) can be used to aid cy…
AgentShield: Deception-based Compromise Detection for Tool-using LLM Agents
Yassin H. Rassul, Tarik A. Rashid
Defenses against indirect prompt injection (IPI) in tool-using LLM agents share two structural weaknesses. First, they all attempt to prevent attacks rather than detect the comprom…
Advancing Offline Handwritten Text Recognition: A Systematic Review of Data Augmentation and Generation Techniques
Yassin Hussein Rassul, Aram M. Ahmed, Polla Fattah +4
Offline Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) systems play a crucial role in applications such as historical document digitization, automatic form processing, and biometric authentica…
Video Forgery Detection for Surveillance Cameras: A Review
Noor B. Tayfor, Tarik A. Rashid, Shko M. Qader +14
The widespread availability of video recording through smartphones and digital devices has made video-based evidence more accessible than ever. Surveillance footage plays a crucial…
Reducing Formal Context Extraction: A Newly Proposed Framework from Big Corpora
Bryar A. Hassan, Shko M. Qader, Alla A. Hassan +4
Automating the extraction of concept hierarchies from free text is advantageous because manual generation is frequently labor- and resource-intensive. Free result, the whole proced…
Decoding Drug Discovery: Exploring A-to-Z In silico Methods for Beginners
Hezha O. Rasul, Dlzar D. Ghafour, Bakhtyar K. Aziz +3
The drug development process is a critical challenge in the pharmaceutical industry due to its time-consuming nature and the need to discover new drug potentials to address various…
MRSO: Balancing Exploration and Exploitation through Modified Rat Swarm Optimization for Global Optimization
Hemin Sardar Abdulla, Azad A. Ameen, Sarwar Ibrahim Saeed +2
The rapid advancement of intelligent technology has led to the development of optimization algorithms that leverage natural behaviors to address complex issues. Among these, the Ra…
Central Kurdish Text-to-Speech Synthesis with Novel End-to-End Transformer Training
Hawraz A. Ahmad, Tarik A. Rashid
Recent advancements in text-to-speech (TTS) models have aimed to streamline the two-stage process into a single-stage training approach. However, many single-stage models still lag…
Comparative Analysis of AES, Blowfish, Twofish, Salsa20, and ChaCha20 for Image Encryption
Rebwar Khalid Muhammed, Ribwar Rashid Aziz, Alla Ahmad Hassan +4
Nowadays, cybersecurity has grown into a more significant and difficult scientific issue. The recog-nition of threats and attacks meant for knowledge and safety on the internet is…
From A-to-Z Review of Clustering Validation Indices
Bryar A. Hassan, Noor Bahjat Tayfor, Alla A. Hassan +3
Data clustering involves identifying latent similarities within a dataset and organizing them into clusters or groups. The outcomes of various clustering algorithms differ as they…
Modified Bat Algorithm: A Newly Proposed Approach for Solving Complex and Real-World Problems
Shahla U. Umar, Tarik A. Rashid, Aram M. Ahmed +2
Bat Algorithm (BA) is a nature-inspired metaheuristic search algorithm designed to efficiently explore complex problem spaces and find near-optimal solutions. The algorithm is insp…
CLPB: Chaotic Learner Performance Based Behaviour
Dona A. Franci, Tarik A. Rashid
This paper presents an enhanced version of the Learner Performance-based Behavior (LPB), a novel metaheuristic algorithm inspired by the process of accepting high-school students i…
Effective Delegation and Leadership in Software Management
Star Dawood Mirkhan, Skala Kamaran Omer, Hussein Mohammed Ali +3
Delegation and leadership are critical components of software management, as they play a crucial role in determining the success of the software development process. This study exa…
Steel Plate Fault Detection using the Fitness Dependent Optimizer and Neural Networks
Salar Farahmand-Tabar, Tarik A. Rashid
Detecting faults in steel plates is crucial for ensuring the safety and reliability of the structures and industrial equipment. Early detection of faults can prevent further damage…
Equitable and Fair Performance Evaluation of Whale Optimization Algorithm
Bryar A. Hassan, Tarik A. Rashid, Aram Ahmed +7
It is essential that all algorithms are exhaustively, somewhat, and intelligently evaluated. Nonetheless, evaluating the effectiveness of optimization algorithms equitably and fair…
Balancing exploration and exploitation phases in whale optimization algorithm: an insightful and empirical analysis
Aram M. Ahmed, Tarik A. Rashid, Bryar A. Hassan +7
Agents of any metaheuristic algorithms are moving in two modes, namely exploration and exploitation. Obtaining robust results in any algorithm is strongly dependent on how to balan…
VAPI: Vectorization of Algorithm for Performance Improvement
Mahmood Yashar, Tarik A. Rashid
This study presents the vectorization of metaheuristic algorithms as the first stage of vectorized optimization implementation. Vectorization is a technique for converting an algor…
BCDDO: Binary Child Drawing Development Optimization
Abubakr S. Issa, Yossra H. Ali, Tarik A. Rashid
A lately created metaheuristic algorithm called Child Drawing Development Optimization (CDDO) has proven to be effective in a number of benchmark tests. A Binary Child Drawing Deve…
Current Studies and Applications of Krill Herd and Gravitational Search Algorithms in Healthcare
Rebwar Khalid Hamad, Tarik A. Rashid
Nature-Inspired Computing or NIC for short is a relatively young field that tries to discover fresh methods of computing by researching how natural phenomena function to find solut…
GOOSE Algorithm: A Powerful Optimization Tool for Real-World Engineering Challenges and Beyond
Rebwar Khalid Hamad, Tarik A. Rashid
This study proposes the GOOSE algorithm as a novel metaheuristic algorithm based on the goose's behavior during rest and foraging. The goose stands on one leg and keeps his balance…
CDDO-HS:Child Drawing Development Optimization Harmony Search Algorithm
Azad A. Ameen, Tarik A. Rashid, Shavan Askar
Child drawing development optimization (CDDO) is a recent example of a metaheuristic algorithm. The motive for inventing this method is children's learning behavior and cognitive d…
Using Fitness Dependent Optimizer for Training Multi-layer Perceptron
Dosti Kh. Abbas, Tarik A. Rashid, Karmand H. Abdallaand Nebojsa Bacanin +1
This study presents a novel training algorithm depending upon the recently proposed Fitness Dependent Optimizer (FDO). The stability of this algorithm has been verified and perform…