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Risk Analysis Approaches to Rank Outliers in Trade Data

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Advanced Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Large Data-Sets

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The paper discusses ranking methods for outliers in trade data based on statistical information with the objective to prioritize anti-fraud investigation activities. The paper presents a ranking method based on risk analysis framework and discusses a comprehensive trade fraud indicator that aggregates a number of individual numerical criteria.

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Kopustinskas, V., Arsenis, S. (2012). Risk Analysis Approaches to Rank Outliers in Trade Data. In: Di Ciaccio, A., Coli, M., Angulo Ibanez, J. (eds) Advanced Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Large Data-Sets. Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21037-2_13

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