SimApp: A framework for detecting similar mobile applications by online kernel learning

• Main Authors: CHEN, Ning, HOI, Steven C. H., LI, Shaohua, XIAO, Xiaokui
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Mobile applications; similarity function; multi-modal data; multiple kernels; online kernel learning; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2639; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3639/viewcontent/SimApp_WSDM_2015.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

With the popularity of smart phones and mobile devices, the number of mobile applications (a.k.a. "apps") has been growing rapidly. Detecting semantically similar apps from a large pool of apps is a basic and important problem, as it is beneficial for various applications, such as app reco...