Detecting deceptive opinion spam using human computation

AAAI Workshop - Technical Report

Volumn WS-12-08, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-93

  Harris, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; CROWDSOURCING; DETECTION METHODS; HUMAN ASSESSORS; HUMAN COMPUTATION; PRODUCT REVIEWS; PURCHASE DECISION; STATISTICAL INFORMATION;

WEBSITES;

INTERNET;

EID: 84875740196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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