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Volume 13 | Issue 4 | Year 2026 | Article Id. IJECE-V13I4P126 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/23488549/IJECE-V13I4P126

Snow Leopard Green Anaconda Optimization-based Feature Selection with Credit Card Fraud Detection using Artificial Neural Network

Shuchita Sheokand, Sunita Beniwal

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22 Jan 2026 22 Feb 2026 24 Mar 2026 30 Apr 2026

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Shuchita Sheokand, Sunita Beniwal, "Snow Leopard Green Anaconda Optimization-based Feature Selection with Credit Card Fraud Detection using Artificial Neural Network," International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 307-316, 2026. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488549/IJECE-V13I4P126

Abstract

Credit card holders are easy targets for fraud. With digitalization, online payments are increasingly prevalent through e-commerce and other websites. This rapid growth in digital transactions has significantly increased the risk of online fraud. Several challenges are faced by fraud detection systems, including delays in verification, concept drift, and class imbalance. However, many of the learning algorithms developed for fraud detection make assumptions that are often impractical in practical fraud detection systems. To tackle these issues, a model named Artificial Neural Network with Snow Leopard Green Anaconda Optimization (ANN with SLGAO) was proposed for detecting fraud in credit cards. Initially, input data from the credit card fraud dataset was pre-processed using quantile normalization, followed by feature selection using hybrid SLGAO, and Borderline- Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE) was used for data augmentation. Finally, fraudulent transactions were detected using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The proposed ANN with SLGAO achieved an accuracy of 91.848%, specificity of 91.685%, and sensitivity of 91.644%.

Keywords

Artificial neural network, Credit card fraud, Green Anaconda Optimization, Snow Leopard Optimization Algorithm, Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique.

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