RETRACTED: Seismic response of mid-rise buildings on shallow and end-bearing pile foundations in soft soil

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).The Editorial committee has carefully reviewed this article and 'Assessment of soil–pile–structure interaction influencing seismic response of mid-rise buildings sitting on floating pile foundations' by Aslan S. Hokmabadi in Computers and Geotechnics 55 (2014) 172–186 (10.1016/j.compgeo.2013.08.011). Although there was a difference in the pile type of "floating pile" and "end-bearing pile" in both papers, each paper contained similar contents in most parts. Therefore the Editorial committee has decided to retract the article “Seismic response of mid-rise buildings on shallow and end-bearing pile foundations in soft soil” from "Soils and Foundations".The authors have not properly referenced and acknowledged their own previously published work in this paper, and they sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by this issue.