LMFRNet: A Lightweight Convolutional Neural Network Model for Image Analysis

Abstract

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have transformed the landscape of image analysis and are widely applied across various fields. With their widespread adoption in fields like medical diagnosis and autonomous driving, CNNs have demonstrated powerful capabilities. Despite their success, existing models face challenges in deploying and operating in resource-constrained environments, limiting their practicality in real-world scenarios. We introduce LMFRNet, a lightweight CNN model. Its innovation resides in a multi-feature block design, effectively reducing both model complexity and computational load. Achieving an exceptional accuracy of 94.6% on the CIFAR-10 dataset, this model showcases remarkable performance while demonstrating parsimonious resource utilization. We further validate the performance of the model on the CIFAR-100, MNIST, and Fashion-MNIST datasets, demonstrating its robustness and generalizability across diverse datasets. Furthermore, we conducted extensive experiments to investigate the influence of critical hyperparameters. These experiments provided valuable insights for effective model training.