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Graph Neural Networks Compared to Chained-Join Features for Payroll Fraud Detection

A new research paper published on arXiv details a comparative study of methods for detecting payroll fraud within synthetic HR/ERP graphs. The study evaluated traditional analyst rules, explicit path features, and graph neural networks (GNNs), finding that a tuned gradient-boosted model utilizing chained-join features achieved the highest overall link average precision. This approach outperformed a GraIL-style GNN, demonstrating that significant multi-hop gains are not exclusive to GNNs. The research also explored the impact of failed identifier joins and the effectiveness of matched twins in reducing false positives. AI

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Graph Neural Networks Compared to Chained-Join Features for Payroll Fraud Detection

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Xiaobo Chen, Genliang Zhu, Ziyuan Wang, Chu Wang ·

    Payroll Fraud Detection in Synthetic HR/ERP Graphs: An Inductive Comparison of Rules, Path Features, and Graph Neural Networks

    arXiv:2610.41085v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Payroll-fraud screening requires finding hidden employee--payee links while distinguishing suspicious relationships from legitimate ones. We formulate this problem as inductive link prediction and entity ranking on synthetic human-r…