Email Spam Detection Using a Hybrid Approach of Feedforward Neural Network and Penguin Optimization Algorithm

The electronic communication of today is beset by unwanted junk messages. These are not just a nuisance; they waste our time and energy and clog up our inboxes, which are supposed to be, in many ways, our digital front doors. But how do we keep them from coming? Well, as today's article makes c...

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Main Author: Layth Al-busultan
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Language:English
Published: College of Computer and Information Technology – University of Wasit, Iraq 2024-09-01
Series:Wasit Journal of Computer and Mathematics Science
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Online Access:http://wjcm.uowasit.edu.iq/index.php/wjcm/article/view/282
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description The electronic communication of today is beset by unwanted junk messages. These are not just a nuisance; they waste our time and energy and clog up our inboxes, which are supposed to be, in many ways, our digital front doors. But how do we keep them from coming? Well, as today's article makes clear, the situation is hardly straightforward. There are various methods that can be used, both traditional and modern, and each has its own set of pros and cons. One method, however, stands out in today's article as one that we think might work well in practice, the good old-fashioned neural network. The method's novelty derives from its use of neural networks, a type of machine learning, in conjunction with the POA. The POA is a powerful optimization algorithm that can perform very well when fine-tuning the weights and biases of a neural network. We therefore used the POA to optimize these two crucial components of our model and achieved a surprising level of accuracy—98.7%. This figure surpasses the next nearest competitor by 2% and demonstrates the efficacy of our method in spam detection while also highlighting the POA's potential in this field. The overall proposed method pushes the spam-detection field forward, but it also demonstrates something even broader: the power of hybrid approaches in machine learning. Neural networks are great—but you have to train them properly, and the use of a particle swarm for that purpose is a neat idea. But in the end, a hybrid spam filter is still a spam filter, and this one does what it's supposed to do better than many rivaling methods.
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spelling doaj-art-b6e0356fcd614f94816af0f8ab8f452c2025-01-30T05:23:45ZengCollege of Computer and Information Technology – University of Wasit, IraqWasit Journal of Computer and Mathematics Science2788-58792788-58872024-09-013310.31185/wjcms.282Email Spam Detection Using a Hybrid Approach of Feedforward Neural Network and Penguin Optimization AlgorithmLayth Al-busultan0MSc StudentThe electronic communication of today is beset by unwanted junk messages. These are not just a nuisance; they waste our time and energy and clog up our inboxes, which are supposed to be, in many ways, our digital front doors. But how do we keep them from coming? Well, as today's article makes clear, the situation is hardly straightforward. There are various methods that can be used, both traditional and modern, and each has its own set of pros and cons. One method, however, stands out in today's article as one that we think might work well in practice, the good old-fashioned neural network. The method's novelty derives from its use of neural networks, a type of machine learning, in conjunction with the POA. The POA is a powerful optimization algorithm that can perform very well when fine-tuning the weights and biases of a neural network. We therefore used the POA to optimize these two crucial components of our model and achieved a surprising level of accuracy—98.7%. This figure surpasses the next nearest competitor by 2% and demonstrates the efficacy of our method in spam detection while also highlighting the POA's potential in this field. The overall proposed method pushes the spam-detection field forward, but it also demonstrates something even broader: the power of hybrid approaches in machine learning. Neural networks are great—but you have to train them properly, and the use of a particle swarm for that purpose is a neat idea. But in the end, a hybrid spam filter is still a spam filter, and this one does what it's supposed to do better than many rivaling methods. http://wjcm.uowasit.edu.iq/index.php/wjcm/article/view/282Detection of unsolicited messages using machine learningA spam email detector using Feedforward Neural Networks and the Penguin Optimization Algorithm (POA)
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Email Spam Detection Using a Hybrid Approach of Feedforward Neural Network and Penguin Optimization Algorithm
Wasit Journal of Computer and Mathematics Science
Detection of unsolicited messages using machine learning
A spam email detector using Feedforward
Neural Networks and the Penguin Optimization Algorithm (POA)
title Email Spam Detection Using a Hybrid Approach of Feedforward Neural Network and Penguin Optimization Algorithm
title_full Email Spam Detection Using a Hybrid Approach of Feedforward Neural Network and Penguin Optimization Algorithm
title_fullStr Email Spam Detection Using a Hybrid Approach of Feedforward Neural Network and Penguin Optimization Algorithm
title_full_unstemmed Email Spam Detection Using a Hybrid Approach of Feedforward Neural Network and Penguin Optimization Algorithm
title_short Email Spam Detection Using a Hybrid Approach of Feedforward Neural Network and Penguin Optimization Algorithm
title_sort email spam detection using a hybrid approach of feedforward neural network and penguin optimization algorithm
topic Detection of unsolicited messages using machine learning
A spam email detector using Feedforward
Neural Networks and the Penguin Optimization Algorithm (POA)
url http://wjcm.uowasit.edu.iq/index.php/wjcm/article/view/282
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