d31bd3fb-1376-4a5c-adea-422b1602018e20240419042055391wseas:wseasmdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositWSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER RESEARCH2415-15211991-875510.37394/232018http://wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=133721220241220241210.37394/232018.2024.12https://wseas.com/journals/cr/2024.phpNabeel RefatAl-MilliComputer Science Department, Zarqa University, Zarqa JORDANYazan AlayaAl-KhassawnehComputer Science Department, Isra University Amman, JORDANThis study investigates the effectiveness of deep learning models, namely Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Convolutional Neural Networks with three layers (CNN-3L), and Convolutional Neural Networks with four layers (CNN-4L), in the domain of multi-class categorization for intrusion detection. The CICFlowMeter-V3 dataset is utilized to thoroughly evaluate the performance of these models and gain insights into their capabilities. The primary approach involves training the models on the dataset and assessing their accuracy. 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