The "Fundamental Problem" of Authorship Attribution

English Studies

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 284-291

  Koppel, Moshe ^a   Schler, Jonathan ^a   Argamon, Shlomo ^b   Winter, Yaron ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 84861747391     PISSN: 0013838X     EISSN: 17444217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013838X.2012.668794     Document Type: Article

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