International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 175 - Number 20 |
Year of Publication: 2020 |
Authors: B.O. Ola, J.P. Oguntoye, O.O. Awodoye, M.O. Oyewole |
10.5120/ijca2020920729 |
B.O. Ola, J.P. Oguntoye, O.O. Awodoye, M.O. Oyewole . Development of a Plant Disease Classification System using an Improved Counter Propagation Neural Network. International Journal of Computer Applications. 175, 20 ( Sep 2020), 19-26. DOI=10.5120/ijca2020920729
Plant diseases are a major threat to food security and can be precisely and accurately recognized through the images of plant leaves. The recent advances in computer vision made possible by the various computational method have paved the way for computer-assisted disease diagnosis. Thus, automated recognition of diseases on leaves plays a crucial role in the agriculture sector. Counter Propagation Neural Network (CPN) is highly desirable because it comprises the advantages of supervised and unsupervised training approaches. CPN in most image processing application guarantee high accuracy but consume more time for convergence. In this study, the development of a plant disease classification system using an improved Counter Propagation Neural Network (CPN) technique was carried out. Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) was applied to optimize the network of CPN for improved performance. The approach adopted in this study enhances CPN by making it free from the iterative adjustment of weights which increases the computational speed to a higher extent. The experimental results reveal that the proposed technique achieved improved performance in terms of recognition accuracy and prediction time.