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This chapter presents an overview of authorship analysis from multiple standpoints. It includes historical perspective, description of stylometric features, and authorship analysis techniques and their limitations.
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Iqbal, F., Debbabi, M., Fung, B.C.M. (2020). Authorship Analysis Approaches. In: Machine Learning for Authorship Attribution and Cyber Forensics. International Series on Computer Entertainment and Media Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61675-5_4
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