Interpreting burrows's delta: Geometric and probabilistic foundations

Literary and Linguistic Computing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-147

  Argamon, Shlomo ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 44449177126     PISSN: 02681145     EISSN: 14774615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/llc/fqn003     Document Type: Article

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