KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems (정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템)

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A Plagiarism Detection Technique for Source Codes Considering Data Structures

데이터 구조를 고려한 소스코드 표절 검사 기법

  • 이기화 (슈어소프트테크) ;
  • 김연어 (부산대학교 전자전기컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 우균 (부산대학교 전자전기컴퓨터공학과, LG전자 스마트제어센터 행정관리부)
  • Received : 2014.02.10
  • Accepted : 2014.04.29
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

Though the plagiarism is illegal and should be avoided, it still occurs frequently. Particularly, the plagiarism of source codes is more frequently committed than others since it is much easier to copy them because of their digital nature. To prevent code plagiarism, there have been reported a variety of studies. However, previous studies for plagiarism detection techniques on source codes do not consider the data structures although a source code consists both of data structures and algorithms. In this paper, a plagiarism detection technique for source codes considering data structures is proposed. Specifically, the data structures of two source codes are represented as sets of trees and compared with each other using Hungarian Method. To show the usefulness of this technique, an experiment has been performed on 126 source codes submitted as homework results in an object-oriented programming course. When both the data structures and the algorithms of the source codes are considered, the precision and the F-measure score are improved 22.6% and 19.3%, respectively, than those of the case where only the algorithms are considered.

표절은 불법이고 피해야 하지만 여전히 빈번하게 발생하고 있다. 특히, 소스코드 표절은 그 특성상 복사가 용이해 다른 저작물보다 더 빈번히 발생한다. 코드 표절을 방지하기 위한 다양한 연구가 있었다. 하지만 앞서 연구된 소스코드 표절 검사 기법을 살펴보면 프로그램이 알고리즘과 데이터 구조로 구성됨에도 불구하고 데이터 구조는 전혀 고려하지 않고 있다. 이 논문에서는 데이터 구조를 고려한 소스코드 표절 검사 기법을 제안한다. 구체적으로 말해서 두 소스코드의 데이터 구조를 트리 집합으로 나타내고, 헝가리안 메소드를 사용해 비교한다. 제안하는 기법의 효용성을 보이기 위해 객체지향 교과목에서 과제 답안으로 제출한 126개의 소스코드를 대상으로 실험하였다. 실험 결과 데이터 구조와 알고리즘을 모두 고려했을 때, 알고리즘만 고려한 경우보다 정확률과 F-measure가 각각 22.6%, 19.3% 향상됨을 보였다.

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