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* Learn more about Random Vector Functional Link from `paper 01 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2015.09.025>`_

* Learn more about on how to use Gradient Free Optimization to fine-tune the hyper-parameter of RVFL networks from `paper 02 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2018.07.080>`_

* Learn more about on how to use Gradient Free Optimization to optimize the weights of RVFL networks from `paper 03 <https://doi.org/10.1109/SOCA.2018.00014>`_.


Please include these citations if you plan to use this library::

	@software{nguyen_van_thieu_2023_10258280,
	  author       = {Nguyen Van Thieu},
	  title        = {GrafoRVFL: A Gradient-Free Optimization Framework for Boosting Random Vector Functional Link Network},
	  month        = dec,
	  year         = 2023,
	  publisher    = {Zenodo},
	  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.10258280},
	  url          = {https://github.com/thieu1995/GrafoRVFL}
	}

	@article{van2023mealpy,
	  title={MEALPY: An open-source library for latest meta-heuristic algorithms in Python},
	  author={Van Thieu, Nguyen and Mirjalili, Seyedali},
	  journal={Journal of Systems Architecture},
	  year={2023},
	  publisher={Elsevier},
	  doi={10.1016/j.sysarc.2023.102871}
	}

	@inproceedings{nguyen2019building,
	  title={Building resource auto-scaler with functional-link neural network and adaptive bacterial foraging optimization},
	  author={Nguyen, Thieu and Nguyen, Binh Minh and Nguyen, Giang},
	  booktitle={International Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation},
	  pages={501--517},
	  year={2019},
	  organization={Springer}
	}

	@inproceedings{nguyen2018resource,
	  title={A resource usage prediction system using functional-link and genetic algorithm neural network for multivariate cloud metrics},
	  author={Nguyen, Thieu and Tran, Nhuan and Nguyen, Binh Minh and Nguyen, Giang},
	  booktitle={2018 IEEE 11th conference on service-oriented computing and applications (SOCA)},
	  pages={49--56},
	  year={2018},
	  organization={IEEE},
	  doi={10.1109/SOCA.2018.00014}
	}


If you have an open-ended or a research question, you can contact me via nguyenthieu2102@gmail.com.


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Important links
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* Official source code repo: https://github.com/thieu1995/GrafoRVFL
* Official document: https://graforvfl.readthedocs.io/
* Download releases: https://pypi.org/project/graforvfl/
* Issue tracker: https://github.com/thieu1995/GrafoRVFL/issues
* Notable changes log: https://github.com/thieu1995/GrafoRVFL/blob/main/ChangeLog.md

* This project also related to our another projects which are "optimization" and "machine learning", check it here:
    * https://github.com/thieu1995/mealpy
    * https://github.com/thieu1995/metaheuristics
    * https://github.com/thieu1995/opfunu
    * https://github.com/thieu1995/enoppy
    * https://github.com/thieu1995/permetrics
    * https://github.com/thieu1995/MetaCluster
    * https://github.com/thieu1995/pfevaluator
    * https://github.com/thieu1995/intelelm
    * https://github.com/thieu1995/reflame
    * https://github.com/thieu1995/MetaPerceptron
    * https://github.com/aiir-team


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License
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The project is licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) V3 license.


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