An improved grey wolf optimizer for training q-Gaussian Radial Basis Functional-link nets

In this paper, a novel meta-heuristic technique an improved Grey Wolf Optimizer (IGWO) which is an improved version of Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) is proposed. The performance is evaluated by adopting the IGWO to training q-Gaussian Radial Basis Functional-link nets (qRBFLNs) neural networks. The function approximation problems in regression areas and the multiclass classification problem in classification areas are employed to test the algorithm. For instance, in order to overcome the multiclass classification problem, the dataset of the screening risk groups of the population age 15 years and over in Charoensin District, Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand is used in the experiments. The results of the function approximation problems and real application in multiclass classification problem prove that the proposed algorithm is able to address the test problems. Moreover, the proposed algorithm obtains competitive performance compared to other meta-heuristic methods.