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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254817503321

Autore

Zhu Xingquan

Titolo

Fraud Prevention in Online Digital Advertising / / by Xingquan Zhu, Haicheng Tao, Zhiang Wu, Jie Cao, Kristopher Kalish, Jeremy Kayne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-56793-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 54 p. 87 illus., 15 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Computer Science, , 2191-5768

Disciplina

005.8

Soggetti

Computer security

Application software

Computer communication systems

Systems and Data Security

Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

Computer Communication Networks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

The authors systematically review methods of online digital advertising (ad) fraud and the techniques to prevent and defeat such fraud in this brief. The authors categorize ad fraud into three major categories, including (1) placement fraud, (2) traffic fraud, and (3) action fraud. It summarizes major features of each type of fraud, and also outlines measures and resources to detect each type of fraud. This brief provides a comprehensive guideline to help researchers understand the state-of-the-art in ad fraud detection. It also serves as a technical reference for industry to design new techniques and solutions to win the battle against fraud.