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Classifier Ensembles Using Structural Features For Spammer Detection In Online Social Networks Cover

Classifier Ensembles Using Structural Features For Spammer Detection In Online Social Networks

Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences
Volume 40 (2015): Issue 2 (June 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fcds-2015-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2300-3405 (formerly 0867-6356) | Journal ISSN: 0867-6356
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Language: English
Page range: 89 - 105
Submitted on: Dec 7, 2014
Accepted on: Mar 30, 2015
Published on: May 16, 2015
Published by: Poznan University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Social network security,
Spammer detection,
Ensemble learning,
Classifier ensembles,
Feature extraction
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Software development

© 2015 Muhammad Abulaish, Sajid Y. Bhat, published by Poznan University of Technology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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