Probabilistic expert systems for forensic inference from genetic markers

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 577-595

  Dawid, A P ^a   Mortera, J ^b   Pascali, V L ^c   Van Boxel, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; DNA profile; Forensic identification; Incomplete evidence; Mutation; Paternity testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036899314     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00307     Document Type: Article

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