The Journal of Grey System ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 106-119.

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  • 出版日期:2025-04-20 发布日期:2025-05-29

Enhancing False Information Detection in Social Networks Using Grey Relational Clustering

  1. 1. School of Journalism and Communication, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361005, P.R. China
    2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Ningde Normal University, Ningde, Fujian, 352100, P.R. China
  • Online:2025-04-20 Published:2025-05-29
  • Supported by:
    This research was supported by the Major Scientific Fund (2020ZDK04) from Ningde Normal University, focusing on the
    study of how surface characteristics of components influence MEMS application processes.

Abstract:

In the digital age, the rapid dissemination of false information on social networks presents certain societal challenges. Traditional detection methods have some limitations in handling data uncertainty and incompleteness common in social media environments. Therefore, this study proposes a grey relational clustering model, tentatively integrating content features, user behaviors, and propagation network features to better address data uncertainty and incompleteness. Preliminary comparative experiments with conventional machine learning and deep learning approaches indicate that our model maintains accuracy above 85% even when 30% of data is missing, and achieves an accuracy of 92% and an F1-score of 0.92 on complete datasets. Additionally, the model demonstrates certain advantages in computational efficiency, being approximately 2.5 times faster than traditional machine learning models and about 9 times faster than BERT. This research hopes to contribute modestly to real-time false information detection by providing a relatively efficient and somewhat adaptive analytical tool for social media environments.