To catch a fake: Curbing deceptive Yelp ratings and venues

Statistical Analysis and Data Mining

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 147-161

  Rahman, Mahmudur ^a   Carbunar, Bogdan ^a   Ballesteros, Jaime ^b   Chau, Duen Horng Polo ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nokia Inc   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Deceptive venue detection; Fake review detection; Machine learning

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

DECEPTIVE VENUE DETECTION; FAKE REVIEW DETECTIONS; FRAUDSTERS; GOLD STANDARDS; GROUND TRUTH; MACHINE-LEARNING; MALICIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SIGNALS; SPATIAL SIGNALS; TEMPORAL SIGNALS;

FAKE DETECTION;

EID: 84929843247     PISSN: 19321864     EISSN: 19321872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sam.11264     Document Type: Article

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