A parallel decision tree-based method for user authentication based on keystroke patterns

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 826-833

  Sheng, Yong ^a   Phoha, Vir V ^b   Rovnyak, Steven M ^a  

^a Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Computer security; Keystroke patterns; Monte Carlo methods; Network security; Parallel decision trees; Simulations; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SECURITY OF DATA; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

BIOMETRICS; KEYSTROKE PATTERNS; PARALLEL DECISION TREES; USER AUTHENTICATION;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER SECURITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; FINGER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; COMPUTER SECURITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FINGERS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 24644438726     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2005.846648     Document Type: Article

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