A thinking innovation strategy based Northern goshawk optimizer enhanced extreme learning machine for bankruptcy prediction problems
摘要
Bankruptcy risk prediction, a core issue in financial risk management, plays a critical role in assessing corporate financial health and supporting decision-making for financial institutions. Traditional machine learning models often struggle with parameter optimization when handling high-dimensional, nonlinear financial data. In contrast, metaheuristic algorithms, owing to their global search capabilities, have emerged as effective tools to enhance model performance. This paper proposes a novel bankruptcy prediction model that integrates a Kernel Extreme Learning Machine (KELM) with an improved Northern goshawk Optimizer (TIS_NGO), which incorporates a Thought-Inspired Strategy (TIS). The enhancements to TIS_NGO include a divergence-based thought innovation mechanism, a prey-attacking strategy inspired by differential evolution, and a centroid opposition-based boundary control mechanism. Experimental evaluations on the CEC2017 and CEC2022 benchmark suites demonstrate that TIS_NGO outperforms the standard NGO as well as other well-known algorithms such as Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) in terms of convergence speed and solution accuracy. The optimized KELM, with TIS_NGO-tuned penalty parameter