Retraction Note: Complex image recognition algorithm based on immune random forest model (Soft Computing, (2020), 24, 16, (12643-12657), 10.1007/s00500-020-04706-0)

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. Wei Huang and Xiao Lin have not responded to correspondence from the Publisher about this retraction. The Publisher has not been able to obtain current email addresses for Xiaoyu Zhang, Linhua Jiang, Yan Wu and Chunxue Wu.