Research on Age Estimation Algorithm Based on Structured Sparsity

Abstract

In order to solve the inaccuracy of age estimation dataset and the imbalance of age distribution, this paper proposes an age estimation model based on the structured sparse learning. Firstly, the Multi-label representation of facial images is performed by age, and the age estimation model is trained by solving the model matrix. Finally, the correlation with all age labels is calculated according to the facial images and age estimation model to be tested, and the most correlated age is taken as the predicted age. This paper sets up a series of verification experiments, and analyzes the structured sparse age estimation model from several perspectives. The proposed algorithm has achieved good results in the evaluation of indexes such as the mean absolute error, accumulation index curve and convergence rate, and has designed the demo system to put the model into use. Facts prove that the age estimation model proposed in this paper may achieve a good estimation effect.