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However, these features often provide a biased description of the person. To address this limitation, this paper introduces a new method called the Dual Descriptor Feature Enhancement (DDFE) network, which aims to emulate the multi-perspective observation abilities of humans. The DDFE network uses two independent sub-networks to extract descriptors from the same person image. These descriptors are subsequently combined to create a comprehensive multi-view representation, resulting in a significant improvement in recognition performance. To further enhance the discriminative capability of the DDFE network, a carefully designed training strategy is employed. Firstly, the CurricularFace loss is introduced to enhance the recognition accuracy of each sub-network. Secondly, the DropPath operation is incorporated to introduce randomness during sub-network training, promoting difference between the descriptors. Additionally, an Integration Training Module (ITM) is devised to enhance the discriminability of the integrated features. Extensive experiments are conducted on the Market1501 and MSMT17 datasets. On the Market1501 dataset, the DDFE network achieves an mAP of 91.6% and a Rank1 of 96.1%; on the MSMT17 dataset, the network achieves an mAP of 69.9% and a Rank1 of 87.5%. These outcomes outperform most SOTA methods, highlighting the significant advancement and effectiveness of the DDFE network.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e25081154","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,1]],"date-time":"2023-08-01T09:06:44Z","timestamp":1690880804000},"page":"1154","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Person Re-Identification Method Based on Dual Descriptor Feature Enhancement"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Ronghui","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Cyber Security, People\u2019s Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China"}]},{"given":"Rong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Cyber Security, People\u2019s Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Security Prevention Technology and Risk Assessment of Ministry of Public Security, Beijing 100038, China"}]},{"given":"Wenjing","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Cyber Security, People\u2019s Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China"}]},{"given":"Ao","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Cyber Security, People\u2019s Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Cyber Security, People\u2019s Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China"}]},{"given":"Yihan","family":"Bi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Cyber Security, People\u2019s Public Security University of China, Beijing 100038, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hu, M., Zeng, K., Wang, Y., and Guo, Y. 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