The need for a systematic machine-learning process: A proposal via a mobile malware classification case study

Machine learning (ML) seems a highly promising solution for many problems in many domains including healthcare and cyber security. Researchers and practitioners try to make use of ML with high expectations of a return of investment in terms of not only money but also effort and time. Those expectations might become similar to “if your only tool is a hammer, then every problem looks like nails” moo...