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Detecting Plagiarism Based on the Creation Process | IEEE Journals & Magazine | IEEE Xplore

Abstract:

All methodologies for detecting plagiarism to date have focused on the final digital outcome, such as a document or source code. Our novel approach takes the creation pro...Show More

Abstract:

All methodologies for detecting plagiarism to date have focused on the final digital outcome, such as a document or source code. Our novel approach takes the creation process into account using logged events collected by special software or by the macro recorders found in most office applications. We look at an author's interaction logs with the software used to create the work. Detection relies on comparing the histograms of multiple logs command use. A work is classified as plagiarism if its log deviates too much from logs of honestly created works or if its log is too similar to another log. The technique supports the detection of plagiarism for digital outcomes that stem from unique tasks, such as theses and equal tasks such as assignments for which the same problem sets are solved by multiple students. Focusing on the latter case, we evaluate this approach using logs collected by an interactive development environment (IDE) from more than 60 students who completed three programming assignments.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies ( Volume: 11, Issue: 3, 01 July-Sept. 2018)
Page(s): 348 - 361
Date of Publication: 27 June 2017

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Author image of Johannes Schneider
Universitat Liechtenstein, Vaduz, LI
Johannes Schneider is an assistant professor of data science with the University of Liechtenstein. His main research interests include data mining applications and methods.
Johannes Schneider is an assistant professor of data science with the University of Liechtenstein. His main research interests include data mining applications and methods.View more
Author image of Abraham Bernstein
Universitat Zurich, Zurich, ZH, CH
Abraham Bernstein is a full professor of computer science and director of both the Department of Informatics and the UZH Digital Society Initiative - both at the University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland. His research interests include linked data, the Semantic Web, data mining, machine learning, HCI, collective intelligence, and crowdsourcing.
Abraham Bernstein is a full professor of computer science and director of both the Department of Informatics and the UZH Digital Society Initiative - both at the University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland. His research interests include linked data, the Semantic Web, data mining, machine learning, HCI, collective intelligence, and crowdsourcing.View more
Author image of Jan vom Brocke
Universitat Liechtenstein, Vaduz, LI
JanvomBrocke is a professor of information systems, the Hilti Endowed chair of business process management and head of the Information Systems Department, University of Liechtenstein. His research focuses on IT-enabled business innovation and IT-driven business transformation.
JanvomBrocke is a professor of information systems, the Hilti Endowed chair of business process management and head of the Information Systems Department, University of Liechtenstein. His research focuses on IT-enabled business innovation and IT-driven business transformation.View more
Author image of Kostadin Damevski
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, US
KostadinDamevski is an assistant professor in the Deparment of Computer Science, Virginia Commonwealth University. His research focuses on software maintenance and empirical software engineering, applied to a variety of domains.
KostadinDamevski is an assistant professor in the Deparment of Computer Science, Virginia Commonwealth University. His research focuses on software maintenance and empirical software engineering, applied to a variety of domains.View more
Author image of David C. Shepherd
ABB Corporate Research, Raleigh, NC
DavidC.Shepherd is a senior principal scientist with ABB Corporate Research, where he leads a group focused on improving developer productivity and increasing software quality. His background, including becoming employee number nine at a successful software tools spinoff and working extensively on popular open source projects, has focused his research on bridging the gap between academic ideas and viab...Show More
DavidC.Shepherd is a senior principal scientist with ABB Corporate Research, where he leads a group focused on improving developer productivity and increasing software quality. His background, including becoming employee number nine at a successful software tools spinoff and working extensively on popular open source projects, has focused his research on bridging the gap between academic ideas and viab...View more

Author image of Johannes Schneider
Universitat Liechtenstein, Vaduz, LI
Johannes Schneider is an assistant professor of data science with the University of Liechtenstein. His main research interests include data mining applications and methods.
Johannes Schneider is an assistant professor of data science with the University of Liechtenstein. His main research interests include data mining applications and methods.View more
Author image of Abraham Bernstein
Universitat Zurich, Zurich, ZH, CH
Abraham Bernstein is a full professor of computer science and director of both the Department of Informatics and the UZH Digital Society Initiative - both at the University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland. His research interests include linked data, the Semantic Web, data mining, machine learning, HCI, collective intelligence, and crowdsourcing.
Abraham Bernstein is a full professor of computer science and director of both the Department of Informatics and the UZH Digital Society Initiative - both at the University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland. His research interests include linked data, the Semantic Web, data mining, machine learning, HCI, collective intelligence, and crowdsourcing.View more
Author image of Jan vom Brocke
Universitat Liechtenstein, Vaduz, LI
JanvomBrocke is a professor of information systems, the Hilti Endowed chair of business process management and head of the Information Systems Department, University of Liechtenstein. His research focuses on IT-enabled business innovation and IT-driven business transformation.
JanvomBrocke is a professor of information systems, the Hilti Endowed chair of business process management and head of the Information Systems Department, University of Liechtenstein. His research focuses on IT-enabled business innovation and IT-driven business transformation.View more
Author image of Kostadin Damevski
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, US
KostadinDamevski is an assistant professor in the Deparment of Computer Science, Virginia Commonwealth University. His research focuses on software maintenance and empirical software engineering, applied to a variety of domains.
KostadinDamevski is an assistant professor in the Deparment of Computer Science, Virginia Commonwealth University. His research focuses on software maintenance and empirical software engineering, applied to a variety of domains.View more
Author image of David C. Shepherd
ABB Corporate Research, Raleigh, NC
DavidC.Shepherd is a senior principal scientist with ABB Corporate Research, where he leads a group focused on improving developer productivity and increasing software quality. His background, including becoming employee number nine at a successful software tools spinoff and working extensively on popular open source projects, has focused his research on bridging the gap between academic ideas and viable industrial tools. His main research interests to date have centered on software tools that improve developers search and navigation behavior.
DavidC.Shepherd is a senior principal scientist with ABB Corporate Research, where he leads a group focused on improving developer productivity and increasing software quality. His background, including becoming employee number nine at a successful software tools spinoff and working extensively on popular open source projects, has focused his research on bridging the gap between academic ideas and viable industrial tools. His main research interests to date have centered on software tools that improve developers search and navigation behavior.View more
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