Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Quantum fractional order Darwinian particle swarm optimization for hyperspectral multi-level image thresholding Subject The topic of the resource Fractional order Darwinian particle swarm optimization; Hyperspectral image thresholding; Multilevel quantum systems; Quantum disaster management Description An account of the resource A Hyperspectral Image (HSI) is a data cube consisting of hundreds of spatial images. Each captured spatial band is an image at a particular wavelength. Thresholding of these images is itself a tedious task. Two procedures, viz., Qubit Fractional Order Particle Swarm Optimization and Qutrit Fractional Order Particle Swarm Optimization are proposed in this paper for HSI thresholding. The Improved Subspace Decomposition Algorithm, Principal Component Analysis, and a Band Selection Convolutional Neural Network are used in the preprocessing stage for band reduction or informative band selection. For optimal segmentation of the HSI, modified Otsu's criterion, Masi entropy and Tsallis entropy are used. A new method for quantum disaster operation is implemented to prevent the algorithm from getting stuck into local optima. The implementations are carried out on three well known datasets viz., the Indian Pines, the Pavia University and the Xuzhou HYSPEX. The proposed methods are compared with state-of-the-art methods viz., Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Ant Colony Optimization, Darwinian Particle Swarm Optimization, Fractional Order Particle Swarm Optimization, Exponential Decay Weight PSO and Heterogeneous Comprehensive Learning PSO concerning the optimal thresholds, best fitness value, computational time, mean and standard deviation of fitness values. Furthermore, the performance of each method is validated with Peak signal-to-noise ratio and SensenDice Similarity Index. The KruskalWallis test, a statistical significance test, is conducted to establish the superiority in favor of the proposed methods. The proposed algorithms are also implemented on some benchmark functions and real life images to establish their universality. 2021 Elsevier B.V. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dutta T.; Dey S.; Bhattacharyya S.; Mukhopadhyay S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Applied Soft Computing, Vol-113 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Elsevier Ltd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2021.107976" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2021.107976</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85118722812&amp;doi=10.1016%2Fj.asoc.2021.107976&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=12741412cd2bcfa99175ef92b497fcc2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85118722812&amp;doi=10.1016%2fj.asoc.2021.107976&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=12741412cd2bcfa99175ef92b497fcc2</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 15684946 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Dutta T., Department of Computer Science &amp; Engineering, Presidency University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Dey S., Department of Computer Science, Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India; Bhattacharyya S., Department of Computer Science &amp; Engineering, Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Mukhopadhyay S., Department of Computer Science &amp; Engineering, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India