Convergence analysis 11 Search space exploration 11 Simulations 11 Local search 11 Performance analysis 11 Intelligent optimization 10 Robust optimization 10 Global optimization 9 genetic-algorithm 9 Differential evolution (DE) 8 Simulated annealing 8 Grey wolf optimizer (GWO) 8 Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) 8 confusion matrix 8 recall 8 precision 8 accuracy 8 Ant colony optimization (ACO) 8 Particle swarm optimization (PSO) 8 particle-swarm-optimization 8 machine learning 7 classification 7 artificial intelligence 6 regression 6 whale-optimization-algorithm 6 supervised learning 6 optimization algorithms 6 Cross-validationGenetic algorithm (GA) 6 deep learning 6 Stochastic optimization 6 pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) 6 single hidden layer network 6 spearman correlation coefficient (SCC) 6 neural networks 6 neural-network 5 nature-inspired-algorithms 5 machine-learning 5 K-Nearest Neighbors 4 generalization 4 online learning 4 mathematical optimization 4 metaheuristic-algorithms 4 nature-inspired algorithms 4 random projection 4 multi-objectives optimization problems 4 global-search 4 artificial neural network 3 feed-forward neural network 3 mealpy 3 metaheuristics 3 random forest 3 support vector machine 3 Constrained optimization 3 optimization 3 metaheuristic 3 metaheuristic algorithms 3 nature-inspired computing 3 swarm-based computation 3 swarm-intelligence 2 kernel methods 2 feature extraction 2 scikit-learn models 2 estimator 2 Robust machine learning 2 shallow neural network 2 evolutionary-algorithms 2 Self-adaptation 2 Benchmark functions 2 sgd-optimizer 2 regression-models 2 nature-inspired-optimization 2 classification-models 2 FLANN 2 harris-hawks-optimization 2 relief-f 2 relief 2 Genetic algorithm (GA) 2 scikit-learn 2 correlation-based feature selection 2 mutual information 2 dimensionality reduction 2 engineering optimization problems 2 optimization-algorithms 2 soft computing 2 Exploration versus exploitation 2 shade 1 rolling-element-bearing-design-problems 1 CFN 1 CFNN 1 Kernel CFN 1 real-world-optimization 1 metaheuristic-based cascade forward neural networks 1 process-design-and-synthesis-problems 1 metaheuristic-optimized CFN 1 derivative free-based cascade forward neural networks 1 derivative free-optimized CFNN 1 gradient descent-based optimized cascade forward neural network 1 GD-based CFNN 1 cascade-forward-networks 1 power-system-problems 1