The Normalised Compression Distance as a file fragment classifier

DFRWS 2010 Annual Conference

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Axelsson, Stefan ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL FORENSICS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH;

CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; DISTANCE MEASURE; FILE FRAGMENTS; K-NEAREST NEIGHBOURS; OVERALL ACCURACIES; PRIOR PROBABILITY; PROTOTYPE CLASSIFIERS; RANDOM SELECTION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 80455151345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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