Retraction Note to: Theor Appl Climatol (2016) 125:101–112

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-015-1487-x

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because validity of the content of this article cannot be verified. This article showed evidence of substantial text overlap (most notably with the articles cited [2, 3, 4, 5 and 6]) and authorship manipulation. Shahaboddin Shamshirband disagrees with this retraction. Authors Kasra Mohammadi, Amir Seyed Danesh, Mohd Shahidan Abdullah, and Mazdak Zamani have not responded to correspondence about this retraction.

[1] Mohammadi, K., Shamshirband, S., Danesh, A.S. et al. Theor Appl Climatol (2016) 125: 101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-015-1487-x

[2] “Hybrid auto-regressive neural network model for estimating global solar radiation in Bandar Abbas, Iran”; Shamshirband, S., Mohammadi, K., Piri, J. et al. Environ Earth Sci (2016) 75: 172.

[3] “Daily global solar radiation prediction from air temperatures using kernel extreme learning machine: A case study for Iran” by Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Kasra Mohammadi, Hui-Ling Chen, Ganthan Narayana Samy, DaliborPetković, Chao Ma in Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics; Volume 134, November 2015, Pages 109-117

[4] “A hybrid SVM-FFA method for prediction of monthly mean global solar radiation” by Shamshirband, S., Mohammadi, K., Tong, C.W. et al. Theor Appl Climatol (2016) 125: 53.

[5] “Support vector regression based prediction of global solar radiation on a horizontal surface” by Kasra Mohammadi, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Mohammad Hossein Anisi, Khubaib Amjad Alam, Dalibor Petković. Energy Conversion and Management; Volume 91, Pages 433-441

[6] “Potential of adaptive neuro-fuzzy system for prediction of daily global solar radiation by day of the year” by Kasra Mohammadi, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Chong Wen Tong, Khubaib Amjad Alam, Dalibor Petković. Energy Conversion and Management Volume 93, Pages 406-413