RETRACTION: Prediction of energy consumption of numerical control machine tools and analysis of key energy-saving technologies

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RETRACTION: H. Qiang, M.A. Ikbal, S. Khanna: Prediction of energy consumption of numerical control machine tools and analysis of key energy-saving technologies. IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing 3, no. 3, 215–223 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1049/cim2.12001.

The above article, published online on 1 February 2021 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) has been retracted by agreement between the journal's Editors-in-Chief; Liang Gao and Weiming Shen; the Institution of Engineering and Technology; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

This article was published as part of a guest-edited special issue. Following an investigation, the IET, John Wiley & Sons Ltd and the journal have determined that the article was not reviewed in line with the journal's peer review standards and there is evidence that the peer review process of the corresponding special issue underwent systematic manipulation. Furthermore, the manuscript contains various logical flaws as well as unrelated references that do not support the scientific statements made. Accordingly, we cannot vouch for the integrity or reliability of the content and have taken the decision to retract the article. The authors have been informed of the decision to retract.