Android based malware detection using a multifeature collaborative decision fusion approach

Neurocomputing

Volumn 151, Issue P2, 2015, Pages 905-912

  Sheen, Shina ^a   Anitha, R ^a   Natarajan, V ^a  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Android; Collaborative decision fusion; Malware; Multifeature

Indexed keywords

ANDROID (OPERATING SYSTEM); DIGITAL STORAGE; MALWARE; PROBABILITY;

ANDROID; COLLABORATIVE APPROACH; COLLABORATIVE DECISIONS; DETECTION MECHANISM; ENSEMBLE OF CLASSIFIERS; MALWARE DETECTION; MULTI FEATURES; PROBABILITY THEORY;

MOBILE SECURITY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANDROID BASED MALWARE DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFIER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACHINE LEARNING; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; MULTIFEATURE COLLABORATIVE DECISION FUSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84919487008     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: 18728286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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