Noman Khan¹, Afnan², Mi Young Lee^3,*, Jakyoung Min^4,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.85, No.2, pp. 2935-2958, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.069058 - 23 September 2025

Abstract Fine-grained dog breed classification presents significant challenges due to subtle inter-class differences, pose variations, and intra-class diversity. To address these complexities and limitations of traditional handcrafted approaches, a novel and efficient two-stage Deep Learning (DL) framework tailored for robust fine-grained classification is proposed. In the first stage, a lightweight object detector, YOLO v8N (You Only Look Once Version 8 Nano), is fine-tuned to localize both the head and full body of the dog from each image. In the second stage, a dual-stream Vision Transformer (ViT) architecture independently processes the detected head and body regions, enabling… More >

Siham Essahraui¹, Ismail Lamaakal¹, Yassine Maleh^2,*, Khalid El Makkaoui¹, Mouncef Filali Bouami¹, Ibrahim Ouahbi¹, May Almousa³, Ali Abdullah S. AlQahtani⁴, Ahmed A. Abd El-Latif^5,6

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.85, No.2, pp. 3151-3183, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.067359 - 23 September 2025

Abstract The rapid shift to online education has introduced significant challenges to maintaining academic integrity in remote assessments, as traditional proctoring methods fall short in preventing cheating. The increase in cheating during online exams highlights the need for efficient, adaptable detection models to uphold academic credibility. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of various deep learning models for cheating detection in online proctoring systems, evaluating their accuracy, efficiency, and adaptability. We benchmark several advanced architectures, including EfficientNet, MobileNetV2, ResNet variants and more, using two specialized datasets (OEP and OP) tailored for online proctoring contexts. Our findings More >

Vinh Truong Hoang^*, Viet-Tuan Le, Nghia Dinh, Kiet Tran-Trung, Bay Nguyen Van, Ha Duong Thi Hong, Thien Ho Huong

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.85, No.1, pp. 1495-1514, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.066506 - 29 August 2025

Abstract Improving consumer satisfaction with the appearance and surface quality of wood-based products requires inspection methods that are both accurate and efficient. The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) for surface evaluation has emerged as a promising solution. Since the visual appeal of wooden products directly impacts their market value and overall business success, effective quality control is crucial. However, conventional inspection techniques often fail to meet performance requirements due to limited accuracy and slow processing times. To address these shortcomings, the authors propose a real-time deep learning-based system for evaluating surface appearance quality. The method integrates… More >

Asaad Algarni¹, Aysha Naseer ², Mohammed Alshehri³, Yahya AlQahtani⁴, Abdulmonem Alshahrani⁴, Jeongmin Park^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.85, No.1, pp. 1981-1998, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.064268 - 29 August 2025

Abstract Remote sensing plays a pivotal role in environmental monitoring, disaster relief, and urban planning, where accurate scene classification of aerial images is essential. However, conventional convolutional neural networks (CNNs) struggle with long-range dependencies and preserving high-resolution features, limiting their effectiveness in complex aerial image analysis. To address these challenges, we propose a Hybrid HRNet-Swin Transformer model that synergizes the strengths of HRNet-W48 for high-resolution segmentation and the Swin Transformer for global feature extraction. This hybrid architecture ensures robust multi-scale feature fusion, capturing fine-grained details and broader contextual relationships in aerial imagery. Our methodology begins with… More >

Zilu Liu^1,#, Hongjin Zhu^2,#,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.85, No.1, pp. 681-694, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.064191 - 29 August 2025

Abstract Real-time detection of surface defects on cables is crucial for ensuring the safe operation of power systems. However, existing methods struggle with small target sizes, complex backgrounds, low-quality image acquisition, and interference from contamination. To address these challenges, this paper proposes the Real-time Cable Defect Detection Network (RC2DNet), which achieves an optimal balance between detection accuracy and computational efficiency. Unlike conventional approaches, RC2DNet introduces a small object feature extraction module that enhances the semantic representation of small targets through feature pyramids, multi-level feature fusion, and an adaptive weighting mechanism. Additionally, a boundary feature enhancement module More >

Ahmad Taher Azar^1,2,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.144, No.1, pp. 29-36, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.069309 - 31 July 2025

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Hussain Dawood¹, Marriam Nawaz², Tahira Nazir³, Ali Javed², Abdul Khader Jilani Saudagar^4,*, Hatoon S. AlSagri⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.144, No.1, pp. 429-459, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.066415 - 31 July 2025

Abstract Reliable human action recognition (HAR) in video sequences is critical for a wide range of applications, such as security surveillance, healthcare monitoring, and human-computer interaction. Several automated systems have been designed for this purpose; however, existing methods often struggle to effectively integrate spatial and temporal information from input samples such as 2-stream networks or 3D convolutional neural networks (CNNs), which limits their accuracy in discriminating numerous human actions. Therefore, this study introduces a novel deep-learning framework called the ARNet, designed for robust HAR. ARNet consists of two main modules, namely, a refined InceptionResNet-V2-based CNN and… More >

Zhengji Li¹, Fazhan Xiong¹, Boyun Huang¹, Meihui Li¹, Xi Xiao², Yingrui Ji^3,4, Jiacheng Xie^1,2, Aokun Liang⁵, Hao Xu^6,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.3, pp. 5613-5635, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.066188 - 30 July 2025

Abstract Accurate and real-time road defect detection is essential for ensuring traffic safety and infrastructure maintenance. However, existing vision-based methods often struggle with small, sparse, and low-resolution defects under complex road conditions. To address these limitations, we propose Multi-Scale Guided Detection YOLO (MGD-YOLO), a novel lightweight and high-performance object detector built upon You Only Look Once Version 5 (YOLOv5). The proposed model integrates three key components: (1) a Multi-Scale Dilated Attention (MSDA) module to enhance semantic feature extraction across varying receptive fields; (2) Depthwise Separable Convolution (DSC) to reduce computational cost and improve model generalization; and More >

Abdulwahab Alazeb¹, Muhammad Hanzla², Naif Al Mudawi^1,*, Mohammed Alshehri¹, Haifa F. Alhasson³, Dina Abdulaziz AlHammadi⁴, Ahmad Jalal^2,5

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.3, pp. 4677-4697, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.065899 - 30 July 2025

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become indispensable for intelligent traffic monitoring, particularly in low-light conditions, where traditional surveillance systems struggle. This study presents a novel deep learning-based framework for nighttime aerial vehicle detection and classification that addresses critical challenges of poor illumination, noise, and occlusions. Our pipeline integrates MSRCR enhancement with OPTICS segmentation to overcome low-light challenges, while YOLOv10 enables accurate vehicle localization. The framework employs GLOH and Dense-SIFT for discriminative feature extraction, optimized using the Whale Optimization Algorithm to enhance classification performance. A Swin Transformer-based classifier provides the final categorization, leveraging hierarchical attention mechanisms More >

Naif Al Mudawi^1,*, Muhammad Hanzla², Abdulwahab Alazeb¹, Mohammed Alshehri¹, Haifa F. Alhasson³, Dina Abdulaziz AlHammadi⁴, Ahmad Jalal^2,5

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.3, pp. 4491-4509, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.065490 - 30 July 2025

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly employed in traffic surveillance, urban planning, and infrastructure monitoring due to their cost-effectiveness, flexibility, and high-resolution imaging. However, vehicle detection and classification in aerial imagery remain challenging due to scale variations from fluctuating UAV altitudes, frequent occlusions in dense traffic, and environmental noise, such as shadows and lighting inconsistencies. Traditional methods, including sliding-window searches and shallow learning techniques, struggle with computational inefficiency and robustness under dynamic conditions. To address these limitations, this study proposes a six-stage hierarchical framework integrating radiometric calibration, deep learning, and classical feature engineering. The workflow… More >