journal article·2025-04-01Open access

DualCascadeTSF-MobileNetV2: A Lightweight Violence Behavior Recognition Model

Yuang Chen, Yong Li, Shaohua Li, Shuhan Lv, Fang Lin

Applied Sciences· Volume 15· Issue 7

Abstract

This paper proposes a lightweight violent behavior recognition model, DualCascadeTSF-MobileNetV2, which is improved based on the temporal shift module and its subsequent research. By introducing the Dual Cascade Temporal Shift and Fusion module, the model further enhances the feature correlation ability in the time dimension and solves the problem of information sparsity caused by multiple temporal shifts. Meanwhile, the model incorporates the efficient lightweight structure of MobileNetV2, significantly reducing the number of parameters and computational complexity. Experiments were conducted on three public violent behavior datasets, Crowd Violence, RWF-2000, and Hockey Fights, to verify the performance of the model. The results show that it outperforms other classic models in terms of accuracy, computational speed, and memory size, especially among lightweight models. This research continues and expands on the previous achievements in the fields of TSM and lightweight network design, providing a new solution for real-time violent behavior recognition on edge devices.
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OpenAlex topics: Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications · Human Pose and Action Recognition · Network Security and Intrusion Detection

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Affiliations

Key Laboratory of CTC & IE (Engineering University of PAP), Ministry of Education, Engineering University of PAP, Xi’an 710086, China

Graduate Student Brigade, Engineering University of PAP, Xi’an 710086, China

Funding

Science and Technology Innovation Project

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