Abstract:

The growing attention given to plagiarism in the Internet Age has triggered the development and marketing of scores of antiplagiarism services and devices. This article deals only with text-based plagiarism. We first mention some of the current developments in plagiarism detection systems. Next we briefly describe principles and challenges of such systems. Finally, we outline what can happen after a system reports possible plagiarism.

Author: Wilfried Decoo, Jozef Colpaert