In the original publication [1], the citation referring to References 1, 15, and 21 in the manuscript has been retracted. Concerns were raised about Reference 6.
Due to this matter, the following references were removed from the reference list:
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- Praveenchandar, J.; Tamilarasi, A. Dynamic resource allocation with optimized task scheduling and improved power management in cloud computing. J. Ambient. Intell. Humaniz. Comput. 2021, 12, 4147–4159.
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- Shahzad, F.; Javed, A.R.; Zikria, Y.B.; Rehman, S.; Jalil, Z. Future smart cities: Requirements, emerging technologies, applications, challenges, and future aspects. TechRxiv 2021.
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After removing reference [15], the following sentence should also be deleted:
“The cloud computing and ant colony optimization algorithm (ACOA) was developed by Su, Y. et al. [15] to schedule tasks and allocate resource optimization.”
An investigation has been made in order to determine if the citations affect the methodology of the paper. Our Editorial Board concluded that “the references do not form the basis of the core methodology, results, or conclusions of the paper. The integrity and scientific validity of the main findings remain unaffected.”
The Editorial Office decided to make corrections and remove the references.
This correction was approved by the Academic Editor.
The original publication has also been updated.
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