A Source Code Plagiarism Detecting Method Using Sequence Alignment with Abstract Syntax Tree Elements

• Published in: International journal of software innovation Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 41 - 56
• Main Authors: Kikuchi, Hiroshi, Goto, Takaaki, Wakatsuki, Mitsuo, Nishino, Tetsuro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mount Pleasant IGI Global 01.07.2015
• Subjects: Algorithms; Computer science; Copying; Copyright; Dynamic programming; Engineering; Informatics; Plagiarism; Software; Source code; Students; Japan

Learning to program is an important subject in computer science courses. During programming exercises, plagiarism by copying and pasting can lead to problems for fair evaluation. Some methods of plagiarism detection are currently available, such as sim. However, because sim is easily influenced by c...