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<journal-id>2218-3620</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Universidad y Sociedad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Universidad y Sociedad]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2218-3620</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial "Universo Sur"]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2218-36202019000500421</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Aplicación de la ley de Benford en la detección de fraudes]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Application of Benford's law in fraud detection]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cabeza García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Metropolitana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>421</fpage>
<lpage>427</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2218-36202019000500421&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2218-36202019000500421&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2218-36202019000500421&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El presente artículo tiene como finalidad realizar una revisión heurística de la bibliografía científica que trate del tema de la detección de fraude en el mundo de las investigaciones científicas aplicando la Ley de Benford, a través de su ley de los números anómalos y su distribución logarítmica. Se revisó parte de la población documental bibliográfica disponible como muestra, sin pretender agotar dicha revisión, lográndose llegar a dar respuesta a la meta fijada como conclusión, de que la Ley de Benford es posible su aplicación en la detección de fraudes llámese errores involuntarios como voluntarios buscando un resultado deseado.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to carry out a heuristic review of the scientific literature that deals with the subject of the detection of fraud in the world of scientific research by applying Benford's Law, through this law of anomalous numbers and its logarithmic distribution. We reviewed part of the bibliographical documentary population available as a sample, without pretending to exhaust this revision, achieving to respond to the goal set as a conclusion that is possible the application of Benford's Law in the detection of frauds called involuntary errors as volunteers looking for a desired result.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Fraude]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ley de Benford]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[números anómalos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[distribución logarítmica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Fraud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Benford's law]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[anomalous numbers]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[logarithmic distribution]]></kwd>
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