Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Enhancement of Image Classification Using Transfer Learning and GAN-Based Synthetic Data Augmentation Subject The topic of the resource deep learning; generative adversarial networks; image classification; plastic bottle; transfer learning Description An account of the resource Plastic bottle recycling has a crucial role in environmental degradation and protection. Position and background should be the same to classify plastic bottles on a conveyor belt. The manual detection of plastic bottles is time consuming and leads to human error. Hence, the automatic classification of plastic bottles using deep learning techniques can assist with the more accurate results and reduce cost. To achieve a considerably good result using the DL model, we need a large volume of data to train. We propose a GAN-based model to generate synthetic images similar to the original. To improve the image synthesis quality with less training time and decrease the chances of mode collapse, we propose a modified lightweight-GAN model, which consists of a generator and a discriminator with an auto-encoding feature to capture essential parts of the input image and to encourage the generator to produce a wide range of real data. Then a newly designed weighted average ensemble model based on two pre-trained models, inceptionV3 and xception, to classify transparent plastic bottles obtains an improved classification accuracy of 99.06%. 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chatterjee S.; Hazra D.; Byun Y.-C.; Kim Y.-W. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mathematics, Vol-10, No. 9 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available MDPI Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/math10091541" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.3390/math10091541</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85130716749&amp;doi=10.3390%2Fmath10091541&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=15acc758ded786cff957f0a6b890f529" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85130716749&amp;doi=10.3390%2fmath10091541&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=15acc758ded786cff957f0a6b890f529</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 22277390 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Chatterjee S., Department of Computer Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, South Korea; Hazra D., Department of Computer Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, South Korea; Byun Y.-C., Department of Computer Engineering, Jeju National University, Jeju, 63243, South Korea; Kim Y.-W., Centre for Digital Innovation, CHRIST University (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India