All posts by Cherise T. Fiorante

Cherise Fiorante is a freelance writer for the Five Element Analytics blog. Her work focuses on advancements in technology and analytics as well as stories about human interaction and animals.

United Airlines Passenger Incident Causing a Twitter Storm

There are dark clouds surrounding United Airlines and the ongoing PR debacle. The recent passenger incident for United Airlines has caused quite an uproar in the media. It has also created a major firestorm on twitter, with a number of comments from passengers and customers voicing their displeasure. Continue reading United Airlines Passenger Incident Causing a Twitter Storm

Identifying Click Fraud

MERRICK, NY–(Marketwire – April 15, 2016) – New research published in the Conference Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Science Institute, proposed and analyzed a unique method for attempting to identify click fraud traffic to websites. The research conducted by Nooshin Nejati and Dr. Alexander Pelaez, proposed examining immediate behaviors of activity, i.e. clicks and time between clicks, to identify “dark traffic”. According to the New York Times (Dec 9, 2014, L. Kaufman), click fraud cost companies over $6 Billion dollars annually (2015 estimate). “Click Fraud detection in not only important for advertising base businesses, but is also a key factor for any other technology related business to eliminate fraud activities before further data analysis influences business decisions prematurely”, said Ms. Nejati.

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