Intrusion Detection for IoT Based on Improved Genetic Algorithm and Deep Belief Network
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With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), the security of the network layer in the IoT is getting more and more attention. The traditional intrusion detection technologies cannot be well adapted in the complex Internet environment of IoT. For the deep learning algorithm of intrusion detection, a neural network structure may have fine detection accuracy for one kind of attack, but it may not have a good detection effect when facing other attacks. Therefore, it is urgent to design a self-adaptive model to change the network structure for different attack types. This paper presents an intrusion detection model based on improved genetic algorithm (GA) and deep belief network (DBN). Facing different types of attacks, through multiple iterations of the GA, the optimal number of hidden layers and number of neurons in each layer are generated adaptively, so that the intrusion detection model based on the DBN achieves a high detection rate with a compact structure. Finally, the NSL-KDD dataset was used to simulate and evaluate the model and algorithms. The experimental results show that the improved intrusion detection model combined with DBN can effectively improve the recognition rate of intrusion attacks and reduce the complexity of the neural network structure.
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- Authors
- Zhang, Y., Li, P., & Wang, X.
- Affiliations
- Shanghai Maritime University (CN)
- University of West London (GB)
- Venue
- IEEE Access
- Published
- 2019
- Volume
- 7
- Pages
- 31711-31722
- ISSN
- 2169-3536 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2921134108
- Semantic Scholar
- 9899e04c2b2b68c6293af8a47608c4eec4d93481
- Cited by
- 359
- References
- 38
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- 2026: 18 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 60 · 2023: 67 · 2022: 67 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 8
- FWCI
- 24.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- IEEE Access (publishedVersion)
- UWL Repository (University of West London) (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (61673259)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Network Security and Intrusion Detection
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Hardware and Architecture › Network Packet Processing and Optimization
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Artificial Immune Systems Applications
- Keywords
- intrusion detection, Internet of Things security, deep belief network, improved genetic algorithm, network layer security, adaptive neural network architecture, NSL-KDD dataset
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