A Novel Fuzzy C-Means based Chameleon Swarm Algorithm for Segmentation and Progressive Neural Architecture Search for Plant Disease Classification

This study proposed a novel framework for plant leaf disease identification. The proposed model consists of four steps including pre-processing, segmentation, feature extraction, and classification. At first, the unwanted noise and overfitting are removed, and also image contrast level is enhanced. Secondly, the Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) based Chameleon Swarm Algorithm (CSA) named as (FCM-CSA) is used for plant leaf diseased part segmentation. In the third stage, the feature extraction is performed using a fast GLCM feature extraction model. Finally, the Progressive Neural Architecture Search (PNAS) is used for plant leaf disease identification. The experimental investigations are carried out using MATLAB software with the Mendeley database. From this dataset, we have used Apple Cedar Apple Rust (ACAR), Cherry Powdery Mildew (CPM), Corn Common Rust (CCCR), Apple Healthy (AH), Grape Black Rot (GBR), Pepper Bell Bacterial Spot (PBBS), Potato Late Blight (PLB) and Tomato Leaf Mold (TLM) disease images. Different measures such as precision, recall, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy results are used to validate the performance of the proposed model.