Stylometry-Based Authorship Identification

Abstract

The Internet has helped to collect and exchange information and data with its constant expansion and evolution for devices to be intertwined with each other. These advances provide invaluable information about people and issues related to their lives including behaviors, interests, and preferences which have brought about the Internet of Behaviors (IoB) in attempts to understand the data collected from users' online activities. From a behavioral psychology perspective, the IoB can address the question of how to understand the data, and how to apply that understanding to create things that benefit humans. The IoB is related to many fields of research including technology, data analytics, and behavior science in relationship with stylometry. The applications of stylometry within the IoB framework such as analyzing the writing style of social media posts, online reviews, journal articles, or literary works at tertiary educational organizations could provide insights into the personality or motivations of the author. Thus, stylometry could potentially be used to identify authorship.