Improved antlion optimizer algorithm and its performance on neuro fuzzy inference system

Abstract

Antlion optimizer algorithm (ALO) is inspired by hunting strategy of antlions. In this study, an improved antlion optimization algorithm is proposed for training parameters of adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). In the standard ALO algorithm, the greatest deficiency is its long running time during optimization process. The random walking model of ants, the selection procedure and boundary checking mechanism have been developed to speed up standard ALO algorithm. To evaluate the performance of the improved antlion optimization algorithm (IALO), it has been tested on dynamic system modelling problems. ANFIS's parameters has been optimized by IALO algorithm to model five dynamic systems. ANFIS training procedure has been performed with 30 independent runs. Each training has been started with the random initial parameters of ANFIS and performance metrics have been obtained at the end of training. The results show that the IALO algorithm is able to provide competitive results in terms of mean, best, worst, standard deviation, training time metrics. According to the training time result, the proposed IALO algorithm has better performance than standard ALO algorithm and the average training time has been reduced to approximately 80 %.