Can Hu¹, Shanqing Zhang^2,*, Kewei Tao², Gaoming Yang¹, Li Li²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.82, No.3, pp. 4913-4930, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.059770 - 06 March 2025

Abstract The surge of large-scale models in recent years has led to breakthroughs in numerous fields, but it has also introduced higher computational costs and more complex network architectures. These increasingly large and intricate networks pose challenges for deployment and execution while also exacerbating the issue of network over-parameterization. To address this issue, various network compression techniques have been developed, such as network pruning. A typical pruning algorithm follows a three-step pipeline involving training, pruning, and retraining. Existing methods often directly set the pruned filters to zero during retraining, significantly reducing the parameter space. However, this… More >

Guoqiong Liao^1,3, Yinxiang Lei^1,2,*, Yufang Xie¹, Neal N. Xiong⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.82, No.2, pp. 3309-3335, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.060077 - 17 February 2025

Abstract As the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) continues to expand, smart health-monitoring devices generate vast amounts of valuable data while simultaneously raising critical security and privacy challenges. Blockchain technology presents a promising avenue to address these concerns due to its inherent decentralization and security features. However, scalability remains a persistent hurdle, particularly for IoMT applications that involve large-scale networks and resource-constrained devices. This paper introduces a novel lightweight sharding method tailored to the unique demands of IoMT data sharing. Our approach enhances state bootstrapping efficiency and reduces operational overhead by utilizing a dual-chain structure comprising… More >

Jiansheng Peng^1,2,3,4,*, Wei Qian¹, Hongyu Zhang¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.82, No.2, pp. 2849-2868, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.058028 - 17 February 2025

Abstract Dynamic visual SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) is an important research area, but existing methods struggle to balance real-time performance and accuracy in removing dynamic feature points, especially when semantic information is missing. This paper presents a novel dynamic SLAM system that uses optical flow tracking and epipolar geometry to identify dynamic feature points and applies a regional dynamic probability method to improve removal accuracy. We developed two innovative algorithms for precise pruning of dynamic regions: first, using optical flow and epipolar geometry to identify and prune dynamic areas while preserving static regions on stationary… More >

Md Hasibur Rahman, Mohammed Arif Uddin, Zinnat Fowzia Ria, Rashedur M. Rahman^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.142, No.2, pp. 1637-1666, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2024.058329 - 27 January 2025

Abstract The rapid growth of digital data necessitates advanced natural language processing (NLP) models like BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers), known for its superior performance in text classification. However, BERT’s size and computational demands limit its practicality, especially in resource-constrained settings. This research compresses the BERT base model for Bengali emotion classification through knowledge distillation (KD), pruning, and quantization techniques. Despite Bengali being the sixth most spoken language globally, NLP research in this area is limited. Our approach addresses this gap by creating an efficient BERT-based model for Bengali text. We have explored 20 combinations… More > Graphic Abstract

Hailong Wang^*, Junchao Shi

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.82, No.1, pp. 1109-1128, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.057706 - 03 January 2025

Abstract A two-stage algorithm based on deep learning for the detection and recognition of can bottom spray codes and numbers is proposed to address the problems of small character areas and fast production line speeds in can bottom spray code number recognition. In the coding number detection stage, Differentiable Binarization Network is used as the backbone network, combined with the Attention and Dilation Convolutions Path Aggregation Network feature fusion structure to enhance the model detection effect. In terms of text recognition, using the Scene Visual Text Recognition coding number recognition network for end-to-end training can alleviate… More >

Jian Su¹, Haijian Shao^1,2,*, Xing Deng¹, Yingtao Jiang²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.81, No.2, pp. 2219-2242, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.057604 - 18 November 2024

Abstract The rapidly advancing Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have brought about a paradigm shift in various computer vision tasks, while also garnering increasing interest and application in sensor-based Human Activity Recognition (HAR) efforts. However, the significant computational demands and memory requirements hinder the practical deployment of deep networks in resource-constrained systems. This paper introduces a novel network pruning method based on the energy spectral density of data in the frequency domain, which reduces the model’s depth and accelerates activity inference. Unlike traditional pruning methods that focus on the spatial domain and the importance of filters, this… More >

Zhilin Li^1,2, Yuxin Li¹, Chunyu Yan¹, Peng Yan¹, Xiutong Li¹, Mei Yu¹, Tingchi Wen^4,5, Benliang Xie^1,2,3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.80, No.1, pp. 679-694, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.051526 - 18 July 2024

Abstract Diseases in tea trees can result in significant losses in both the quality and quantity of tea production. Regular monitoring can help to prevent the occurrence of large-scale diseases in tea plantations. However, existing methods face challenges such as a high number of parameters and low recognition accuracy, which hinders their application in tea plantation monitoring equipment. This paper presents a lightweight I-MobileNetV2 model for identifying diseases in tea leaves, to address these challenges. The proposed method first embeds a Coordinate Attention (CA) module into the original MobileNetV2 network, enabling the model to locate disease More >

Jingting Mei, Yang Yang^*, Zhipeng Gao, Lanlan Rui, Yijing Lin

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.3, pp. 4883-4904, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.051860 - 20 June 2024

Abstract Network fault diagnosis methods play a vital role in maintaining network service quality and enhancing user experience as an integral component of intelligent network management. Considering the unique characteristics of edge networks, such as limited resources, complex network faults, and the need for high real-time performance, enhancing and optimizing existing network fault diagnosis methods is necessary. Therefore, this paper proposes the lightweight edge-side fault diagnosis approach based on a spiking neural network (LSNN). Firstly, we use the Izhikevich neurons model to replace the Leaky Integrate and Fire (LIF) neurons model in the LSNN model. Izhikevich… More >

Zhijian Liu^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.3, pp. 3787-3803, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.048998 - 26 March 2024

Abstract Considering the variations in imaging sizes of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at different aerial photography heights, as well as the influence of factors such as light and weather, which can result in missed detection and false detection of the model, this paper presents a comprehensive detection model based on the improved lightweight You Only Look Once version 8s (YOLOv8s) algorithm used in natural light and infrared scenes (L_YOLO). The algorithm proposes a special feature pyramid network (SFPN) structure and substitutes most of the neck feature extraction module with the Special deformable convolution feature extraction… More >

Wenfeng Zheng¹, Siyu Lu¹, Zhuohang Cai¹, Ruiyang Wang¹, Lei Wang², Lirong Yin^2,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.139, No.3, pp. 2729-2745, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.046692 - 11 March 2024

Abstract In the field of natural language processing (NLP), there have been various pre-training language models in recent years, with question answering systems gaining significant attention. However, as algorithms, data, and computing power advance, the issue of increasingly larger models and a growing number of parameters has surfaced. Consequently, model training has become more costly and less efficient. To enhance the efficiency and accuracy of the training process while reducing the model volume, this paper proposes a first-order pruning model PAL-BERT based on the ALBERT model according to the characteristics of question-answering (QA) system and language More >