A New Hybrid Algorithm Based on Grey Wolf Optimization and Crow Search Algorithm for Unconstrained Function Optimization and Feature Selection

Grey wolf optimizer (GWO) is a very efficient metaheuristic inspired by the hierarchy of the Canis lupus wolves. It has been extensively employed to a variety of practical applications. Crow search algorithm (CSA) is a recently proposed metaheuristic algorithm, which mimics the intellectual conduct...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE access Jg. 7; S. 26343 - 26361
Hauptverfasser: Arora, Sankalap, Singh, Harpreet, Sharma, Manik, Sharma, Sanjeev, Anand, Priyanka
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Piscataway IEEE 2019
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Schlagworte:
Algorithms
Computer science
crow search algorithm
Data acquisition
Feature extraction
Feature selection
function optimization
Genetic algorithms
Grey wolf optimizer
Heuristic algorithms
Heuristic methods
hybrid algorithm
Optimization
Prediction algorithms
Search algorithms
Search problems
ISSN:2169-3536, 2169-3536
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Zusammenfassung:Grey wolf optimizer (GWO) is a very efficient metaheuristic inspired by the hierarchy of the Canis lupus wolves. It has been extensively employed to a variety of practical applications. Crow search algorithm (CSA) is a recently proposed metaheuristic algorithm, which mimics the intellectual conduct of crows. In this paper, a hybrid GWO with CSA, namely GWOCSA is proposed, which combines the strengths of both the algorithms effectively with the aim to generate promising candidate solutions in order to achieve global optima efficiently. In order to validate the competence of the proposed hybrid GWOCSA, a widely utilized set of 23 benchmark test functions having a wide range of dimensions and varied complexities is used in this paper. The results obtained by the proposed algorithm are compared to 10 other algorithms in this paper for verification. The statistical results demonstrate that the GWOCSA outperforms other algorithms, including the recent variants of GWO called, enhanced grey wolf optimizer (EGWO) and augmented grey wolf optimizer (AGWO) in terms of high local optima avoidance ability and fast convergence speed. Furthermore, in order to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed algorithm at solving complex real-world problems, the GWOCSA is also employed to solve the feature selection problem as well. The GWOCSA as a feature selection approach is tested on 21 widely employed data sets acquired from the University of California at Irvine repository. The experimental results are compared to the state-of-the-art feature selection techniques, including the native GWO, the EGWO, and the AGWO. The results reveal that the GWOCSA has comprehensive superiority in solving the feature selection problem, which proves the capability of the proposed algorithm in solving real-world complex problems.
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ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2897325