[HTML][HTML] Application of meta-heuristic algorithms for training neural networks and deep learning architectures: A comprehensive review

M Kaveh, MS Mesgari - Neural Processing Letters, 2023 - Springer
The learning process and hyper-parameter optimization of artificial neural networks (ANNs)
and deep learning (DL) architectures is considered one of the most challenging machine …

[HTML][HTML] Elephant herding optimization: variants, hybrids, and applications

J Li, H Lei, AH Alavi, GG Wang - Mathematics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Elephant herding optimization (EHO) is a nature-inspired metaheuristic optimization
algorithm based on the herding behavior of elephants. EHO uses a clan operator to update …

Artificial neural network model to predict the compressive strength of eco-friendly geopolymer concrete incorporating silica fume and natural zeolite

AA Shahmansouri, M Yazdani, S Ghanbari… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing concern about global climate change and its adverse impacts on societies is
putting severe pressure on the construction industry as one of the largest producers of …

Dendritic neuron model with effective learning algorithms for classification, approximation, and prediction

S Gao, M Zhou, Y Wang, J Cheng… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An artificial neural network (ANN) that mimics the information processing mechanisms and
procedures of neurons in human brains has achieved a great success in many fields, eg …

Optimizing connection weights in neural networks using the whale optimization algorithm

I Aljarah, H Faris, S Mirjalili - Soft Computing, 2018 - Springer
The learning process of artificial neural networks is considered as one of the most difficult
challenges in machine learning and has attracted many researchers recently. The main …

An intensify Harris Hawks optimizer for numerical and engineering optimization problems

VK Kamboj, A Nandi, A Bhadoria, S Sehgal - Applied Soft Computing, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently developed Harris Hawks Optimization has virtuous behavior for finding
optimum solution in search space. However, it easily get trapped into local search space for …

Elephant herding optimization

GG Wang, S Deb, LS Coelho - 2015 3rd international …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a new kind of swarm-based metaheuristic search method, called Elephant
Herding Optimization (EHO), is proposed for solving optimization tasks. The EHO method is …

Earthworm optimisation algorithm: a bio-inspired metaheuristic algorithm for global optimisation problems

GG Wang, S Deb, LDS Coelho - International journal of …, 2018 - inderscienceonline.com
Earthworms can aerate the soil with their burrowing action and enrich the soil with their
waste nutrients. Inspired by the earthworm contribution in nature, a new kind of bio-inspired …

Underwater targets classification using local wavelet acoustic pattern and Multi-Layer Perceptron neural network optimized by modified Whale Optimization Algorithm

W Qiao, M Khishe, S Ravakhah - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Considering heterogeneities and difficulties in the classification of underwater passive
targets, this paper proposes the use of Local Wavelet Acoustic Pattern (LWAP) and Multi …

An efficient hybrid multilayer perceptron neural network with grasshopper optimization

AA Heidari, H Faris, I Aljarah, S Mirjalili - Soft Computing, 2019 - Springer
This paper proposes a new hybrid stochastic training algorithm using the recently proposed
grasshopper optimization algorithm (GOA) for multilayer perceptrons (MLPs) neural …