Retraction Note to: Neural Computing and Applications (2020) 32:5367–5377 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-019-04683-y


The Editor-in-Chief and the publisher have retracted this article. This article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation concluded that the editorial process of this guest-edited issue was compromised by a third party and that the peer review process has been manipulated. Based on the investigation’s findings, the Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article.


Sheng Zhou and Xiong Zhong have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.