On Improving Authorship Attribution of Source Code

Matthew Tennyson

Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime. 4th International Conference, ICDF2C 2012, Lafayette, IN, USA, October 25-26, 2012, Revised Selected Papers

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On Improving Authorship Attribution of Source Code

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-39891-9_4,
    author={Matthew Tennyson},
    title={On Improving Authorship Attribution of Source Code},
    proceedings={Digital Forensics and Cyber Crime. 4th International Conference, ICDF2C 2012, Lafayette, IN, USA, October 25-26, 2012, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={ICDF2C},
    year={2013},
    month={10},
    keywords={authorship attribution software forensics plagiarism detection},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-39891-9_4}
}

Matthew Tennyson
Year: 2013
On Improving Authorship Attribution of Source Code
ICDF2C
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39891-9_4

Matthew Tennyson¹^,*

1: Bradley University

*Contact email: mtennyson@bradley.edu

Abstract

Authorship attribution of source code is the task of deciding who wrote a program, given its source code. Applications include software forensics, plagiarism detection, and determining software ownership. A number of methods for the authorship attribution of source code have been proposed. This paper presents an overview and critique of the state of the art in the field. An independent comparative study is presented using an unprecedented experimental design and data set, as well as proposals for improvements and future work.

Keywords: authorship attribution software forensics plagiarism detection

Published: 2013-10-08

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39891-9_4

On Improving Authorship Attribution of Source Code

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