Internet auction fraud detection using social network analysis and classification tree approaches

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 123-147

  Chiu, Chaochang ^a   Ku, Yungchang ^b   Lie, Ting ^a   Chen, Yuchi ^c  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL POLICE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Hon Hai Precision Industry   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

data mining; Internet auction fraud; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955600278     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415150306     Document Type: Article

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