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Design of Automated Deep Learning-Based Fusion Model for Copy-Move Image Forgery Detection
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Due to the exponential growth of high-quality fake photos on social media and the Internet, it is critical to develop robust forgery detection tools. Traditional picture- and video-editing techniques include copying areas of the image, referred to as the copy-move approach. The standard image processing methods physically search for patterns relevant to the duplicated material, restricting the usage in enormous data categorization. On the contrary, while deep learning (DL) models have exhibited improved performance, they have significant generalization concerns because of their high reliance on training datasets and the requirement for good hyperparameter selection. With this in mind, this article provides an automated deep learning-based fusion model for detecting and localizing copy-move forgeries (DLFM-CMDFC). The proposed DLFM-CMDFC technique combines models of generative adversarial networks (GANs) and densely connected networks (DenseNets). The two outputs are combined in the DLFM-CMDFC technique to create a layer for encoding the input vectors with the initial layer of an extreme learning machine (ELM) classifier. Additionally, the ELM model’s weight and bias values are optimally adjusted using the artificial fish swarm algorithm (AFSA). The networks’ outputs are supplied into the merger unit as input. Finally, a faked image is used to identify the difference between the input and target areas. Two benchmark datasets are used to validate the proposed model’s performance. The experimental results established the proposed model’s superiority over recently developed approaches.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Krishnaraj, N., Sivakumar, B., Kuppusamy, R., Teekaraman, Y., & Thelkar, A. R.
- Affiliations
- SRM Institute of Science and Technology (IN)
- Sri Sairam College of Engineering (IN)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- Jimma University (ET)
- Corresponding author
- Teekaraman, Yuvaraja
- Thelkar, Amruth Ramesh
- Venue
- Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2022-01-31
- Volume
- 2022
- Pages
- 1-13
- ISSN
- 1687-5265 (ISSN-L)
- 1687-5273
- PMC
- PMC8820863
- OpenAlex
- W4210362228
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2025: 10 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 9
- FWCI
- 3.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Status
- Retracted
- Update notices
- retraction (2023-10-04)
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Digital Media Forensic Detection
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection
- Keywords
- copy-move forgery detection, image forgery detection, generative adversarial networks, dense convolutional network, extreme learning machine, artificial fish swarm algorithm, hyperparameter optimization, automated model design
- MeSH terms
- Deep Learning, Algorithms, Animals, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
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