The identification of credit card encoders by hierarchical cluster analysis of the jitters of magnetic stripes

Autor: SC Leung, K.H. Wong, Wing K. Fung
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Sciencejustice : journal of the Forensic Science Society. 39(4)
ISSN: 1355-0306
Popis: The relative bit density variation graphs of 207 specimen credit cards processed by 12 encoding machines were examined first visually, and then classified by means of hierarchical cluster analysis. Twenty-nine credit cards being treated as 'questioned' samples were tested by way of cluster analysis against 'controls' derived from known encoders. It was found that hierarchical cluster analysis provided a high accuracy of identification with all 29 'questioned' samples classified correctly. On the other hand, although visual comparison of jitter graphs was less discriminating, it was nevertheless capable of giving a reasonably accurate result.
Databáze: OpenAIRE