Channel pruning for convolutional neural networks using l0-norm constraints

Enhao Chen, Hao Wang, Zhanglei Shi, Wei Zhang

Abstract: Highlights•We explore channel pruning based on l0-norm sparse optimization.•Inspired by the l0-norm sparse optimization process, we develop the ZN module.•We further integrate the bee colony algorithm to achieve automatic pruning.•Experiments demonstrate the superior performance of our methods.