<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In our work, we propose an ensemble of local and global filter-based feature selection method to reduce the high dimensionality of feature space and increase accuracy of spam review classification. These selected features are then used for training various classifiers for spam detection. Experimental results with four classifiers on two available datasets of hotel reviews show that the proposed feature selector improves the performance of spam classification in terms of well-known performance metrics such as AUC score.</p></abstract>

In our work, we propose an ensemble of local and global filter-based feature selection method to reduce the high dimensionality of feature space and increase accuracy of spam review classification. These selected features are then used for training various classifiers for spam detection. Experimental results with four classifiers on two available datasets of hotel reviews show that the proposed feature selector improves the performance of spam classification in terms of well-known performance metrics such as AUC score.

Spam Review Classification Using Ensemble of Global and Local Feature Selectors

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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In our work, we propose an ensemble of local and global filter-based feature selection method to reduce the high dimensionality of feature space and increase...

Spam Review Classification Using Ensemble of Global and Local Feature Selectors

Published Online: Dec 14, 2018

Page range: 29 - 42

Received: May 15, 2018

Accepted: Nov 21, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2018-0046

Keywords
Feature selection, improved global feature selector, odds ratio, Spam classification

© 2018 Gunjan Ansari et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Spam Review Classification Using Ensemble of Global and Local Feature Selectors

Published Online: Dec 14, 2018

Page range: 29 - 42

Received: May 15, 2018

Accepted: Nov 21, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2018-0046

KeywordsFeature selection, improved global feature selector, odds ratio, Spam classification

© 2018 Gunjan Ansari et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Feature selection, improved global feature selector, odds ratio, Spam classification