Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 7, 434(2025)

Evolutionary neural architecture search for traffic sign recognition

Changwei SONG, Yongjie MA, Haoyu PING, and Lisheng SUN
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Received: Mar. 14, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 24, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 24, 2025

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DOI:10.1007/s11801-025-4067-z

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