PSO-based update memory for Improved Harmony Search algorithm to the evolution of FBBFNT' parameters

In this paper, a PSO-based update memory for Improved Harmony Search (PSOUM-IHS) algorithm is proposed to learn the parameters of Flexible Beta Basis Function Neural Tree (FBBFNT) model. These parameters are the Beta parameters of each flexible node and the connected weights of the network. Furthermore, the FBBFNT's structure is generated and optimized by the Extended Genetic Programming (EGP) algorithm. The combination of the PSOUM-IHS and EGP in the same algorithm is so used to evolve the FBBFNT model. The performance of the proposed evolving neural network is evaluated for nonlinear systems of prediction and identification and then compared with those of related models.