Retraction Note: Pedestrian identification using motion-controlled deep neural network in real-time visual surveillance (Soft Computing, (2023), 27, 1, (453-469), 10.1007/s00500-021-05701-9)

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 no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article. Muhammad Attique Khan, Muhammad Sharif, Seifedine Kadry, and Jnyana Ranjan Mohanty disagree with this retraction. Faisal Azam did not explicitly state whether they agree or disagree with this retraction. Muhammad Zahid has not responded to correspondence regarding this retraction.