Interpreting small quantities of DNA: The hierarchy of propositions and the use of bayesian networks

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 520-530

  Evett, Ian W ^a   Gill, Peter D ^a   Jackson, Graham ^a   Whitaker, Jonathan ^a   Champod, Christophe ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; DNA profiling; Forensic science; Interpretation; Likelihood ratios; Pre assessment

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RAPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VICTIM;

BAYES THEOREM; CRIMINOLOGY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0036113576     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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