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We have proposed two methods: Aquila optimizer based probabilistic neural network (AO-PNN), which uses both local and global search capabilities of AO, and hybrid Aquila optimizer and simulated annealing based probabilistic neural network (AOS-PNN), which integrates the global search abilities of AO with the local search mechanism of simulated annealing (SA). Our experimental results indicate that both AO-PNN and AOS-PNN perform better than the PNN model in terms of accuracy across all datasets. This suggests that they have the potential to generate more precise results when utilized to improve PNN parameters. Moreover, our hybridization technique, AOS-PNN, is more effective than AO-PNN, as evidenced by classification experiments accuracy, data distribution, convergence speed, and significance. We have also compared our suggested approaches with three different methodologies, namely Coronavirus herd immunity optimizer based probabilistic neural network (CHIO-PNN), African buffalo algorithm based probabilistic neural network (ABO-PNN), and \u03b2-hill climbing. 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