Waste material classification using performance evaluation of deep learning models

Abstract: Waste classification is the issue of sorting rubbish into valuable categories for efficient waste management. Problems arise from issues such as individual ignorance or inactivity and more overt issues like pollution in the environment, lack of resources, or a malfunctioning system. Education, established behaviors, an improved infrastructure, technology, and legislative incentives to promote effective trash sorting and management are all necessary for a solution to be implemented. For solid waste management and recycling efforts to be successful, waste materials must be sorted appropriately. This study evaluates the effectiveness of several deep learning (DL) models for the challenge of waste material classification. The focus will be on finding the best DL technique for solid waste classification. This study extensively compares several DL architectures (Resnet50, GoogleNet, InceptionV3, and Xception). Images of various types of trash are amassed and cleaned up to form a dataset. Accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score are only a few measures used to assess the performance of the many DL models trained and tested on this dataset. ResNet50 showed impressive performance in waste material classification, with 95% accuracy, 95.4% precision, 95% recall, and 94.8% in the F1 score, with only two incorrect categories in the glass class. All classes are correctly classified with an F1 score of 100% due to Inception V3’s remarkable accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score. Xception’s classification accuracy was excellent (100%), with a few difficulties in the glass and trash categories. With a good 90.78% precision, 100% recall, and 89.81% F1 score, GoogleNet performed admirably. This study highlights the significance of using models based on DL for categorizing trash. The results open the way for enhanced trash sorting and recycling operations, contributing to an economically and ecologically friendly future.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Waste material classification using performance evaluation of deep learning models ; volume:32 ; number:1 ; year:2023 ; extent:15
Journal of intelligent systems ; 32, Heft 1 (2023) (gesamt 15)

Creator
Al-Mashhadani, Israa Badr

DOI
10.1515/jisys-2023-0064
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023110914000782618620
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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