An adaptive fusion algorithm for spam detection

IEEE Intelligent Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2-8

  Xu, Congfu ^a   Su, Baojun ^b   Cheng, Yunbiao ^c   Pan, Weike ^d   Chen, Li ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Microsoft STC Beijing   (China)

^c Yahoo Software Research and Development   (China)

^d SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

adaptive fusion; intelligent systems; spam detection

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE FUSION; CONTENT-BASED APPROACH; CRITICAL COMPONENT; EMAIL SERVICES; LINK FUNCTIONS; PREDICTION PERFORMANCE; SPAM DETECTION; STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACH;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84907602109     PISSN: 15411672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIS.2013.54     Document Type: Article

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