Retraction Note to: Neural Computing and Applications (2019) 32:1949-1958 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-019-04491-4


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.


Yibin Li has not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction. The publisher has not been able to obtain the current email addresses for Laigang Zhang, Zhou Sheng, Qun Sun, Ying Zhao and Deying Feng.