Fraud detection is an example application of anomaly detection techniques.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including a peer-reviewed article, a research institute, and an industry glossary, all consistent with Britannica's description.
Sources
- Anomaly detection | computer science - Britannica (britannica.com)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367333/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/research-projects/anomaly-detection-combat-fraud (turing.ac.uk)
- https://www.fraud.net/glossary/anomaly-detection (fraud.net)