# Layer-compensated Pruning for Resource-constrained Convolutional Neural Networks Source: [Layer-compensated Pruning for Resource-constrained Convolutional Neural Networks]() Collection index: [llms.txt]() Data updated: 2025-10-25T21:15:52.693Z Authors: Ting-Wu Chin, Cha Zhang, Diana Marculescu Published: 2018-10-01T03:41:25.000Z ## Abstract Resource-efficient convolution neural networks enable not only the intelligence on edge devices but also opportunities in system-level optimization such as scheduling. In this work, we aim to improve the performance of resource-constrained filter pruning by merging two sub-problems commonly considered, i.e., (i) how many filters to prune for each layer and (ii) which filters to prune given a per-layer pruning budget, into a global filter ranking problem. Our framework entails a novel algorithm, dubbed layer-compensated pruning, where meta-learning is involved to determine better solutions. We show empirically that the proposed algorithm is superior to prior art in both effectiveness and efficiency. Specifically, we reduce the accuracy gap between the pruned and original networks from 0.9% to 0.7% with 8x reduction in time needed for meta-learning, i.e., from 1 hour down to 7 minutes. To this end, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our algorithm using ResNet and MobileNetV2 networks under CIFAR-10, ImageNet, and Bird-200 datasets. ## Recorded benchmark results A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage. - [Image Classification on ImageNet](): Image Classification; ImageNet; Top-1 Accuracy: 0.09. ## Original sources and implementation [Original paper]() [PDF]()