Comparative Analysis of Support Vector Machine and Convolutional Neural Network in Image Classification

October 17, 2023

Abstract

This research is aimed at comparing the effectiveness of two AI models in the classification of images of cats and dogs. Based on previous research in this field, two distinct models presented the best results: Support Vector Machine (SVM) from traditional machine learning methods and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) from deep learning methods. A dataset of 20,000 images and a subset of 4,000 images were used to train and test the models. The CNN model exhibited better results, with an overall classification accuracy of 89% and 76%, respectively. The SVM model performed poorly, with an accuracy of only 61%. This paper discusses the differences and efficacy of each model classifying pets.

Published in

2023 International Conference on Network, Multimedia and Information Technology (NMITCON)

Date of Conference: 01-02 September 2023

Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 17 October 2023

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