Sequential fraud detection for prepaid cards using hidden Markov model divergence

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Highlights:

• Novel stored-value card fraud detection system.

• Novel use of hidden Markov model for modeling merchant transactions.

• Findings on data from a large stored-value card transaction processor.

• Findings on experiments evaluating the model quality under various conditions.

摘要

•Novel stored-value card fraud detection system.•Novel use of hidden Markov model for modeling merchant transactions.•Findings on data from a large stored-value card transaction processor.•Findings on experiments evaluating the model quality under various conditions.

论文关键词:Stored value cards,Transaction processing,Fraud detection,Hidden Markov model,KL divergence,Security

论文评审过程:Received 14 March 2017, Revised 23 August 2017, Accepted 24 August 2017, Available online 12 September 2017, Version of Record 12 September 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.08.043