# Megyesi 2023: Historical Language Models in Cryptanalysis: Case Studies on English and German

> Béata Megyesi, Justyna Sikora, Filip Fornmark et al., 2023. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The cryptanalysis survey cites it as the reason to…

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# Historical Language Models in Cryptanalysis: Case Studies on English and German

Béata Megyesi, Justyna Sikora, Filip Fornmark et al., 2023. _Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings_.

Tests whether hill-climbing and simulated-annealing solvers for homophonic ciphers work better with language models built from historical, century-specific English and German texts than with large modern ones.

**Voynich Manuscript** Articledoi: **[10.3384/ecp195701](https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp195701)** Checked against the original0

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The cryptanalysis survey cites it as the reason to score solver output with period Latin and Italian language models, including one for abbreviated Latin; two other surveys also cite it.

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Megyesi, B., Sikora, J., Fornmark, F., Waldispühl, M., Kopal, N., & Mikhalev, V. (2023). Historical Language Models in Cryptanalysis: Case Studies on English and German. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.3384/ecp195701
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