[anonetal]

This appears to be a paper written for satisfying a CS Master's degree requirement. If you are looking for a survey on this topic, this is probably a better starting point: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.00616

[zitterbewegung]

The authors website says they are studying for a PhD. Could it be their PhD thesis? http://www.cs.umd.edu/~amitc/publications.html

[munin]

That program has a requirement for writing a "scholarly paper" described here: http://www.cs.umd.edu/grad/policy-manual#7.2.MS-nonthesis-re...

This was most likely done to satisfy that requirement to earn a MS "along the way" to a PhD.

[greenyoda]

11 pages is way too short for a PhD thesis. And on the bottom of the first page, it says:

"Submitted for the fulfillment of requirement of a Scholarly Paper for Master of Science without thesis option."