[Tutor] Catching cheaters with Python

[Timothy Wilson]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Kirby Urner wrote:

> I took a phrase from your post and entered it into google,
> getting: http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/turnitin/ , which
> appears relevant.

According to this site the Turnitin software works by "a series of
algorithms to turn textual information into a 'digital fingerprint' that can
identify matching patterns, including those from texts substantially altered
by paraphrasing or word substitution."

I wonder how such an algorithm is implemented?

-Tim

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