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Click Fraud Detection In Online And In-App Advertisements: A Learning Based Approach, Thejas Gubbi Sadashiva
Click Fraud Detection In Online And In-App Advertisements: A Learning Based Approach, Thejas Gubbi Sadashiva
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Click Fraud is the fraudulent act of clicking on pay-per-click advertisements to increase a site’s revenue, to drain revenue from the advertiser, or to inflate the popularity of content on social media platforms. In-app advertisements on mobile platforms are among the most common targets for click fraud, which makes companies hesitant to advertise their products. Fraudulent clicks are supposed to be caught by ad providers as part of their service to advertisers, which is commonly done using machine learning methods. However: (1) there is a lack of research in current literature addressing and evaluating the different techniques of click fraud …