# Hauer 2021: Experimental Analysis of the Dorabella Cipher with Statistical Language Models > Bradley Hauer, Colin Choi, Anirudh S. Sundar et al., 2021. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The main computational study; source of the… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRZAGSR16WS/experimental-analysis-of-the-dorabella-cipher-with Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Dorabella cipher](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher)Hauer 2021 **0** # Experimental Analysis of the Dorabella Cipher with Statistical Language Models Bradley Hauer, Colin Choi, Anirudh S. Sundar et al., 2021. _Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Historical Cryptology (HistoCrypt 2021), Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 183: 70-79_. Automatic substitution solvers fail on Dorabella though they solve 87-letter English controls; ciphertext language identification ranks English first; character models place it nearer language than music; 13 mirrored symbol pairs occur where chance gives 3.6 (p about 0.001), read as structure and against a hoax. **Dorabella cipher** Chapterdoi: **[10.3384/ecp183159](https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp183159)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The main computational study; source of the evidence tiers on the language, music and hoax readings. ## The document 10 pages [Pages][Text]Page 1 of 10 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4/p10)10] ![Page 1 of Experimental Analysis of the Dorabella Cipher with Statistical Language Models](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4/p1) Text taken from the file. Check it against the page. ## Cited by on this site 10 records [English in Elgar's alphabet with irregularities (phonetic spelling, abbreviations, private words, mirrored…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/answers/ANS0CRZAT2M44CC/english-in-elgars-alphabet-with-irregularities-phonetic) Answer ANS [The note is a joke made to look like a cipher and carries no recoverable message.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/answers/ANS0CRZAVHG2KNR/the-note-is-a-joke-made-to-look-like-a-cipher-and-carries-no) Answer ANS [Character-model classifiers assign higher probability to English than to Bach or Elgar music.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZAV9P6N67/character-model-classifiers-assign-higher-probability-to) Evidence EVD [Ciphertext language identification ranks English as the most likely language.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZATAE1T4Z/ciphertext-language-identification-ranks-english-as-the-most) Evidence EVD [Several solvers fail on Dorabella while solving 87-letter English controls.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZASK03P71/several-solvers-fail-on-dorabella-while-solving-87-letter) Evidence EVD [The excess of mirrored pairs is unlikely by chance, which the authors read as evidence against a hoax.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZAVSA3BV9/the-excess-of-mirrored-pairs-is-unlikely-by-chance-which-the) Evidence EVD [Thirteen mirrored symbol pairs occur, against 3.6 expected; about a 0.1 per cent chance.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZATJ87BJJ/thirteen-mirrored-symbol-pairs-occur-against-3-6-expected) Evidence EVD [Hauer and colleagues publish solver, language-identification and music tests](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/events/EVT0CRZAQWA6AWE/hauer-and-colleagues-publish-solver-language-identification) EVT [The Dorabella cipher](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher) The mystery article MYS [What kind of message is the Dorabella note?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/questions/QST0CRZARBY7QFA/what-kind-of-message-is-the-dorabella-note) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Hauer, B., Choi, C., Sundar, A. S., Hindle, A., Smallwood, S., & Kondrak, G. (2021). Experimental Analysis of the Dorabella Cipher with Statistical Language Models. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Historical Cryptology (HistoCrypt 2021), Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 183: 70-79. https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp183159 ``` [Read it free at ecp.ep.liu.se](https://ecp.ep.liu.se/index.php/histocrypt/article/view/159)[Download PDF · 164 KB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/eb1de7eef0db0c0e1b73175dcbb0cd8d6550457adf804af4dae22e07522c97c4) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0CRZAGSR16WS Kind Book chapter Rights CC-BY-4.0 Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRZAGSR16WS/experimental-analysis-of-the-dorabella-cipher-with/csl.json)