Algorithm Research & Explore
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1374-1379

Group spam detection algorithm considering structure and behavior characteristics

Zhang Qi
Ji Shujuan
Zhang Wenpeng
Cao Ning
Li Ning
Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Wisdom Mine Information Technology, Shandong University of Science & Technology, Qingdao Shandong 266590, China

Abstract

Online reviews play a significant role in users' purchasing decisions. In order to improve their reputation or degrade their competitors' products, some sellers employ a large numbers of review spammers to write fake reviews systematically and strategically to mislead potential consumers. In order to detect such organized spammer groups, this paper proposed a group spam detection algorithm that comprehensively considered the network structure and the behavior characteristics of reviewers. In implementation, this algorithm first obtained the closeness between reviewers based on the relevance of ratings and review time, and constructed a reviewer relationship graph. Secondly, based on the constructed reviewer relationship graph, it used label propagation method to detect the community and got a set of candidate groups. Finally, it restored the corresponding bipartite graphs of the candidate groups, and then found the final spammers on each bipartite graph by taking contrast suspiciousness as a metric. Experimental results based on real datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

Foundation Support

国家自然科学基金资助项目(71772107,62072288)

Publish Information

DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2021.10.0460
Publish at: Application Research of Computers Printed Article, Vol. 39, 2022 No. 5
Section: Algorithm Research & Explore
Pages: 1374-1379
Serial Number: 1001-3695(2022)05-015-1374-06

Publish History

[2021-12-24] Accepted Paper
[2022-05-05] Printed Article

Cite This Article

张琪, 纪淑娟, 张文鹏, 等. 考虑结构与行为特征的水军群组检测算法 [J]. 计算机应用研究, 2022, 39 (5): 1374-1379. (Zhang Qi, Ji Shujuan, Zhang Wenpeng, et al. Group spam detection algorithm considering structure and behavior characteristics [J]. Application Research of Computers, 2022, 39 (5): 1374-1379. )

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