A sock puppet detection algorithm on virtual spaces

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 366-377

  Bu, Zhan ^a   Xia, Zhengyou ^a   Wang, Jiandong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Authorship identification; Community detection; Hypothesis test; Sock puppet; Virtual spaces

Indexed keywords

AUTHORSHIP IDENTIFICATION; COMMUNITY DETECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTS; SOCK PUPPET; VIRTUAL SPACES;

DATA PROCESSING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870059569     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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