Recent advances of bat-inspired algorithm, its versions and applications

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Kufa, Kufa, Najaf, Iraq; College of Engineering, University of Warith Al-Anbiyaa, Karbala, Karbala, Iraq; University of Kufa, Information Technology Research and Development Centre, Najaf, Najaf, Iraq; MLALP Research Group, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; College of Engineering and Information Technology, Ajman University, Ajman, Ajman, United Arab Emirates; Department of Information Technology, Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt, Al-Balqa, Jordan; Department of Computing, American University of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait; Department of Computer Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Irbid, Jordan; Department of Computer Science, Al-Aqsa University, Gaza Strip, Palestine; Ajman University, Ajman, Ajman, United Arab Emirates; Machine Learning Department, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates