Retraction Note to: Neural Computing and Applications (2018) 31:1633–1639 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-018-3565-3


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.

The Publisher has not been able to obtain a current email address for J. Frank Vijay.