A real-time self-adaptive classifier for identifying suspicious bidders in online auctions

Computer Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 646-663

  Ford, Benjamin J ^a   Xu, Haiping ^a   Valova, Iren ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

Author keywords

auction fraud detection; e commerce; incremental neural network; online auctions; self adaptive classifier

Indexed keywords

AUCTION FRAUDS; EFFICIENT DETECTION; HIER-ARCHICAL CLUSTERING; INCREMENTAL NEURAL NETWORKS; ONLINE AUCTIONS; OPTIMAL OPERATION; SELF-ADAPTIVE; TRAINING DATA SETS;

COMPUTER CRIME; CRIME; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 84877607070     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxs025     Document Type: Article

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