Setting bounds for the likelihood ratio when multiple hypotheses are postulated

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-26

  Buckleton, J S ^a   Evett, I W ^b   Weir, B S ^c  

^a MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; DNA; Forensic science; Interpretation; Likelihood ratio; Mixtures; Probability; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HYPOTHESIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031962942     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(98)72069-6     Document Type: Article

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