Optimizing the Weights and Thresholds in Dendritic Neuron Model Using the Whale Optimization Algorithm

In recent years, with the great success of dendritic neuron model (DNM) in various fields, the application of intelligent optimization algorithms in dendritic neuron model has attracted increasing attention of researchers. The training process of neural network is regarded as one of the great challenges of machine learning because of its non-linear nature and unknown optimal parameters. The traditional training algorithm of DNM is prone to fall into local optimum and speed of convergence slowly and so on, resulting in the problem of accuracy and low efficiency. In this paper, for solving the classification problem of dendritic neural model, an innovative intelligent optimization algorithm which named whale optimization algorithm (WOA), is applied to the training of DNM for the first time. Compared with six traditional and classic intelligent optimization algorithms in four classic datasets, the results indicate that WOA-DNM has good performance in various aspects, and its advantage is remarkable.