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Efficient lightweight fire detection in UAV imagery: an improved YOLOv8 approach

Jie Hu,Jiaming Zhang,2 Authors,Tianrui Li

2026 · DOI: 10.1007/s00371-026-04373-6
The Visual Computer · 0 Citations

TLDR

This paper introduces an efficient and lightweight forest fire detection method based on an improved YOLOv8 architecture, designed for real-time processing on UAV platforms, and achieves an optimal balance between accuracy and parameter count, making it well-suited for future deployment on edge computing devices.