Fahes: Detecting Disguised Missing Values

It is well established that missing values, if not dealt with properly, may lead to poor data analytics models, misleading conclusions, and limitation in the generalization of findings. A key challenge in detecting these missing values is when they manifest themselves in a form that is otherwise valid, making it hard to distinguish them from other legitimate values. We propose to demonstrate FAHES, a system for detecting different types of disguised missing values (DMVs) which often occur in real world data. FAHES consists of several components, namely a profiler to generate rules for detecting repeated patterns, an outlier detection module, and a module to detect values that are used repeatedly in random records. Using several real world datasets, we will demonstrate how FAHES can easily catch DMVs.