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Deep Learning-Based Anomaly Detection in Video Surveillance: A Survey

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Duong, Huu-Thanh, Le, Viet-Tuan, Hoang, Vinh Truong·2023·Sensors

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Anomaly detection in video surveillance is a highly developed subject that is attracting increased attention from the research community. There is great demand for intelligent systems with the capacity to automatically detect anomalous events in streaming videos. Due to this, a wide variety of approaches have been proposed to build an effective model that would ensure public security. There has been a variety of surveys of anomaly detection, such as of network anomaly detection, financial fraud detection, human behavioral analysis, and many more. Deep learning has been successfully applied to many aspects of computer vision. In particular, the strong growth of generative models means that these are the main techniques used in the proposed methods. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the deep learning-based techniques used in the field of video anomaly detection. Specifically, deep learning-based approaches have been categorized into different methods by their objectives and learning metrics. Additionally, preprocessing and feature engineering techniques are discussed thoroughly for the vision-based domain. This paper also describes the benchmark databases used in training and detecting abnormal human behavior. Finally, the common challenges in video surveillance are discussed, to offer some possible solutions and directions for future research.

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Authors
Duong, H.-T., Le, V.-T., & Hoang, V. T.
Affiliations
Ho Chi Minh City Open University (VN)
Corresponding author
Hoang, Vinh Truong
Venue
Sensors
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2023-05-24
Volume
23
Issue
11
Pages
5024
ISSN
1424-8220 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4378228743
Cited by
178
References
132
Citations by year
2026: 60 · 2025: 72 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 7
FWCI
3.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Sensors (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam
  • Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Human Pose and Action Recognition
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods
Keywords
video anomaly detection, video surveillance, deep learning, generative models, human behavior analysis, video preprocessing, feature engineering, benchmark dataset, public security, video streaming
MeSH terms
Deep Learning, Engineering, Humans, Intelligence, Databases, Factual, Benchmarking

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