Authorship Analysis Identifying the Author of a Program

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Ivan Krsul

Tech report number

COAST TR 94-08

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mastersthesis

Abstract

Authorship analysis on computer software is a difficult problem. In this paper we explore the classification of programmers' style, and try to find a set of characteristics that remain constant for a significant portion of the programs that this programmer might produce. Our goal is to show that it is possible to identify the author of a program by examining programming style characteristics. Within a closed environment the results of this paper support the conclustion that, for a specific set of programmers, it is possible to identify the author of any individual program. Also, based on previous work and our observations during the experiments described herein we believe that the probablity of finding two programmers who share exactly those characteristics should be very small.

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1994

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COAST TR 94-08; COAST TR 94-030

School

Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University

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Purdue University

Publication Date

1900-01-01

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@Mastersthesis{ krsul,
	title = "Authorship Analysis Identifying the Author of a Program",
	author = "Ivan Krsul",
	year = "1994",
	number = "COAST TR 94-08; COAST TR 94-030",
	school = "Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University",
	abstract = "Authorship analysis on computer software is a difficult problem. In this paper we explore the classification of programmers' style, and try to find a set of characteristics
                                           that remain constant for a significant portion of the programs that this programmer might produce. Our goal is to show that it is possible to identify the author of a
                                           program by examining programming style characteristics. Within a closed environment the results of this paper support the conclustion that, for a specific set of
                                           programmers, it is possible to identify the author of any individual program. Also, based on previous work and our observations during the experiments described herein
                                           we believe that the probablity of finding two programmers who share exactly those characteristics should be very small.",
	affiliation = "Purdue University",
	url = "https://www.cerias.purdue.edu/techreports-ssl/public/94-08.pdf",
}