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throwaway18
December 11th, 2006, 12:51 AM
via http://technocrat.net

http://www.cmu.edu/news/featured_news0.shtml

PITTSBURGH—Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are using data mining techniques to identify perpetrators of fraud among online auction users as well as their otherwise unknown accomplices.

The new method analyzes publicly available histories of transactions posted by online auction sites such as eBay and identifies suspicious online behaviors and dubious associations among users.

Arzel
December 11th, 2006, 01:07 AM
via http://technocrat.net

http://www.cmu.edu/news/featured_news0.shtml


Very cool information, thanks Throwaway18.

Incidentally, I was recently at the Carnagie Melon Museum, it is quite impressive.