Computer Algorithms for Plagiarism Detection

This paper presents a survey of computer algorithms used for the detection of student plagiarism. A summary of several algorithms is provided. Common features of the different plagiarism detection algorithms are described. Ethical and administrative issues involving detected plagiarism are discussed.

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