Enhanced human pose estimation using YOLOv8 with Integrated SimDLKA attention mechanism and DCIOU loss function: Analysis of human body behavior and posture

• Xunqian Xu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, China

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• Tao Wu,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation School of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, China

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• Zhongbao Du ,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision

  * E-mail: 2333320029@stmail.ntu.edu.cn

  Affiliations School of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, China, Nantong Highway Development Center, Nantong, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8029-1954

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• Hui Rong,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Nantong Highway Development Center, Nantong, China

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• Siwen Wang,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, China

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• Shue Li,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nantong Highway Development Center, Nantong, China

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• Dakai Chen

  Roles Software, Visualization

  Affiliation School of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong, China

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