Single Event Upsets Fault Tolerance of Convolutional Neural Networks Based on Adaptive Boosting

Single-Event Upsets (SEUs) in the space radiation environment pose a serious threat to the reliability of satellite-borne intelligent systems. Traditional fault-tolerance methods such as Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) and periodic scrubbing face challenges including excessive resource overhead and high power consumption. This paper presents a lightweight fault-tolerance method based on Adaptive Boosting-based Fault-Tolerance Method (AB-FTM) to address SEU vulnerabilities in convolutional neural networks. The proposed approach constructs a heterogeneous ensemble architecture comprising three weak models (ResNet20, ResNet32, ResNet44) and integrated with a dynamic weight adjustment mechanism. By integrating a dynamic weight adjustment mechanism, the method not only significantly reduces the parameter scale (achieving an 18.2% reduction compared to ResNet110) but also enhances classification accuracy, robustness, and fault tolerance. Experimental validation on datasets including CIFAR-10, MNIST, EuroSAT, and Galaxy10 DECals demonstrates that when 0.032‰ of parameters are affected by single-event upsets, the proposed method improves classification accuracy by 53.25%, 63.49%, 57.67%, and 47.43% respectively compared to the TMR-based ResNet110, significantly outperforming traditional triple modular redundancy solutions. This approach provides a novel solution for future space science satellites employing satellite-borne intelligent systems, balancing reliability, lightweight design, and computational efficiency.