IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI)
Vol 15, No 5: October 2026

Human identification and classification network based on object hierarchy

Loai Alamro (Al-Naji University)
Yuhanis Yusof (Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Nooraini Yusoff (UMK City Campus)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Oct 2026

Abstract

In the real world, objects are categorized hierarchically. However, deep learning (DL)-based computer vision (CV) approaches typically learn to classify objects in a flat manner, which limits their ability to generalize to new objects and scenarios. To address this limitation, a new network called human identification and classification network (HICNet) is proposed for hierarchical-based object identification and classification. HICNet is a hierarchical object identification and classification network with feature extraction layers, an identification branch, and a classification branch. HICNet was evaluated on the labeled faces in the wild (LFW) and labeled faces in the wild-A (LFWA) datasets, where it achieved an identification accuracy of 99.27% and an average classification accuracy of 98.61%. These results demonstrate that HICNet is able to classify objects beyond the training sample(s) by tracing the hierarchy and correlation of the object. HICNet can be used in a variety of CV applications, such as visually impaired aids and robot guidance as it provides a comprehensive insight into the objects.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJAI

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Engineering

Description

IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI) publishes articles in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The scope covers all artificial intelligence area and its application in the following topics: neural networks; fuzzy logic; simulated biological evolution algorithms (like ...