Retraction Note: An improved nature inspired meta-heuristic algorithm for 1-D bin packing problems (Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, (2018), 22, 5-6, (1117-1132), 10.1007/s00779-018-1132-7)

The Publisher has retracted this article in agreement with the Editor-in-Chief. The article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation by the publisher found a number of articles, including this one, with a number of concerns, including but not limited to compromised editorial handling and peer review process, inappropriate or irrelevant references or not being in scope of the journal or guest-edited issue. Based on the investigation's findings the publisher, in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article. Author Seyedali Mirjalili has not stated whether they agree or disagree with the retraction. Authors Mohamed Abdel-Basset and Laila Abdel-Fatah have not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction. The Publisher has been unable to obtain a current email address for author Gunasekaran Manogaran.