IRAug 21, 2018
Who is Really Affected by Fraudulent Reviews? An analysis of shilling attacks on recommender systems in real-world scenariosAnu Shrestha, Francesca Spezzano, Maria Soledad Pera
We present the results of an initial analysis conducted on a real-life setting to quantify the effect of shilling attacks on recommender systems. We focus on both algorithm performance as well as the types of users who are most affected by these attacks.