Network intrusion detection using a hybrid graph-based convolutional network and transformer architecture

Peter Appiahene; Samuel Opoku Berchie; Emmanuel Botchway; Michael Junior Ayitey; John Kwao Dawson; Henry Nii-Armah Mettle; Stephen Afrifa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0340997

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Network intrusion detection using a hybrid graph-based convolutional network and transformer architecture

Peter Appiahene ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: peter.appiahene@uenr.edu.gh (PA); soberchie@gmail.com (SOB); emmanuel.botchway@uenr.edu.gh (EB)

Affiliation Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana
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Samuel Opoku Berchie ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: peter.appiahene@uenr.edu.gh (PA); soberchie@gmail.com (SOB); emmanuel.botchway@uenr.edu.gh (EB)

Affiliation Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana
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Emmanuel Botchway ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: peter.appiahene@uenr.edu.gh (PA); soberchie@gmail.com (SOB); emmanuel.botchway@uenr.edu.gh (EB)

Affiliation Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5475-2810

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Michael Junior Ayitey,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana
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John Kwao Dawson,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani, Ghana
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Henry Nii-Armah Mettle,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana
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Stephen Afrifa

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana
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Network intrusion detection using a hybrid graph-based convolutional network and transformer architecture

Peter Appiahene,
Samuel Opoku Berchie,
Emmanuel Botchway,
Michael Junior Ayitey,
John Kwao Dawson,
Henry Nii-Armah Mettle,
Stephen Afrifa

Published: January 21, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340997

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