Moss is an automatic system that is used to determine the similarity of programs. The main application of Moss is detecting plagiarism in programming classes. The algorithm behind Moss is a significant improvement over several other cheating detection algorithms. However, Moss is said to be a very effective plagiarism detection system that is commonly used by computer science professors around the globe.
Most students know that it's nearly impossible to get away with plagiarism when Moss is used, but not many know how to use Moss or why it's so effective. It uses a more robust algorithm that selects fewer fingerprints, which will not be discussed here but is described in slightly more detail in the original paper.
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It is reported that Moss has been effective at both detecting plagiarism and reducing plagiarism in classes and that there have been no false-positive caused by the algorithm itself.
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