journal article·2025-10-11Open access

Research on the Classification Method of Pinus Species Based on Generative Adversarial Networks and Convolutional Neural Networks

Shuo Xu, Hang Su, Lei Zhao

Applied Sciences· Volume 15· Issue 20

Abstract

With the rapid expansion of the global timber trade, accurate wood identification has become essential for regulating ecosystems and combating illegal logging. Traditional methods, largely reliant on manual analysis, are inadequate for large-scale, high-precision demands. A multi-architecture fusion network model that combines generative adversarial networks and one-dimensional convolutional neural networks aims to solve the problems in data quality and the challenges in classification accuracy existing in the classification process of pine tree species. The generative adversarial network is used to improve the data, which effectively expands the scale of the training set. Moreover, the one-dimensional convolutional neural network is utilized to extract local and global features from the spectral data, which improves the classification accuracy of the model and also makes the model more stable. The results obtained from the experiment show that MAFNet can achieve an accuracy rate of 99.63% in the classification of pine species. The model performed best on cross-sectional data. The research finds that MAFNet, relying on the strategy of integrating data enhancement and deep feature extraction, provides strong technical support for the rapid, accurate and non-destructive identification of pine species.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Wood and Agarwood Research · Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction

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Affiliations

College of Science and Information, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China

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