Extended nearest shrunken centroid classification: A new method for open-set authorship attribution of texts of varying sizes

Literary and Linguistic Computing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-88

  Schaalje, G Bruce ^a   Fields, Paul J ^a   Roper, Matthew ^a   Snow, Gregory L ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

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EID: 79953097097     PISSN: 02681145     EISSN: 14774615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/llc/fqq029     Document Type: Article

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