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Energy load forecasting is a systematic method of predicting future loads in advance to maintain a balance between energy demand and supply. Sustainable energy development is critical in energy design, planning, generation, transmission, and distribution, which leads to computational complexities in conventional methods when it is non-linear. Bio-inspired optimization algorithms are part of artificial intelligence that is inspired by the biological behavior and evolutionary principles of nature. Due to advancements in artificial intelligence, an increasing number of heuristic optimization techniques have resulted in the efficient handling of complex problems. The complexities in the accurate prediction of electricity can be achieved with evolutionary algorithms and swarm intelligence optimization algorithms. It avoids unnecessary expenditure, overestimation, and underestimation of electric energy and maximizes capacity utilization. This paper reviews recent studies on population-based optimization techniques to handle complexities in energy load forecasting and smart energy management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Now a days, air pollution is a critical environmental issue in developing countries due to urbanization and industrialization. The pollution in air causes severe health issues for human beings, affects plants and animals due to acid rain, creates loss in economy, agricultural production and commercial production. In order to prevent or control it, the air quality forecasting necessitates. Accurate air quality prediction is a prominent task to be done to control the pollution level and to take countermeasures for securing the human life. The complex, uncertain and non-linear nature of the air quality pollutants impose complications in achieving accurate forecasting. The advent of artificial intelligence techniques helps to improve the air pollution forecasting results compared to traditional statistical methods at the great extent. This paper focuses the complications of air pollution, significance of air quality prediction, air quality index, and reviews the applications of machine learning and deep learning methods in air quality prediction. Literature shows that the machine learning and deep learning methods along with feature engineering and optimization techniques guarantees a promising air quality prediction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]