A credit card fraud detection approach based on ensemble machine learning classifier with hybrid data sampling

The existing fraud detection methods present limitations such as imbalanced data, incorrect identification of fraudulent cases, limited applicability to different scenarios, and difficulties processing data in real-time. This paper proposes an ensemble machine-learning model for detecting fraud in c...

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Main Authors: Khanda Hassan Ahmed, Stefan Axelsson, Yuhong Li, Ali Makki Sagheer
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
Series:Machine Learning with Applications
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666827025000581
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description The existing fraud detection methods present limitations such as imbalanced data, incorrect identification of fraudulent cases, limited applicability to different scenarios, and difficulties processing data in real-time. This paper proposes an ensemble machine-learning model for detecting fraud in credit card transactions. It also integrates the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) with Edited Nearest Neighbor (ENN) to address the problem of the imbalanced datasets. The experimental results show that our approach performs better than the existing methods. Therefore, it will establish an essential framework for the ongoing investigations in developing more robust and flexible systems for fraud detection.
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spelling doaj-art-d147b938034c44dab1b8e5ac64e05a3a2025-08-20T02:39:35ZengElsevierMachine Learning with Applications2666-82702025-06-012010067510.1016/j.mlwa.2025.100675A credit card fraud detection approach based on ensemble machine learning classifier with hybrid data samplingKhanda Hassan Ahmed0Stefan Axelsson1Yuhong Li2Ali Makki Sagheer3DSV, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Computer Science Department, College of Science, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq; Corresponding author.DSV, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenDSV, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenCollege of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Anbar, Anbar, IraqThe existing fraud detection methods present limitations such as imbalanced data, incorrect identification of fraudulent cases, limited applicability to different scenarios, and difficulties processing data in real-time. This paper proposes an ensemble machine-learning model for detecting fraud in credit card transactions. It also integrates the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) with Edited Nearest Neighbor (ENN) to address the problem of the imbalanced datasets. The experimental results show that our approach performs better than the existing methods. Therefore, it will establish an essential framework for the ongoing investigations in developing more robust and flexible systems for fraud detection.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666827025000581Ensemble modelMachine learningData imbalanceCredit card fraud detection
spellingShingle Khanda Hassan Ahmed
Stefan Axelsson
Yuhong Li
Ali Makki Sagheer
A credit card fraud detection approach based on ensemble machine learning classifier with hybrid data sampling
Machine Learning with Applications
Ensemble model
Machine learning
Data imbalance
Credit card fraud detection
title A credit card fraud detection approach based on ensemble machine learning classifier with hybrid data sampling
title_full A credit card fraud detection approach based on ensemble machine learning classifier with hybrid data sampling
title_fullStr A credit card fraud detection approach based on ensemble machine learning classifier with hybrid data sampling
title_full_unstemmed A credit card fraud detection approach based on ensemble machine learning classifier with hybrid data sampling
title_short A credit card fraud detection approach based on ensemble machine learning classifier with hybrid data sampling
title_sort credit card fraud detection approach based on ensemble machine learning classifier with hybrid data sampling
topic Ensemble model
Machine learning
Data imbalance
Credit card fraud detection
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666827025000581
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