In the conventional neural network, deep depth is required to achieve high accuracy of recognition. Additionally, the problem of saturation may be caused, wherein the recognition accuracy is down-regulated with the increase in the number of network layers. To tackle the mentioned problem, a neural network model is proposed incorporating a micro convolutional module and residual structure. Such a model exhibits few hyper-parameters, and can extended flexibly. In the meantime, to further enhance the separability of features, a novel loss function is proposed, integrating boundary constraints and center clustering. According to the experimental results with a simulated dataset of HRRP signals obtained from thirteen 3D CAD object models, the presented model is capable of achieving higher recognition accuracy and robustness than other common network structures.
Keywords: HRRP; loss function; neural network; residual structure; target recognition.