PENDULUM - A guideline-based approach to the interpretation of STR mixtures

Forensic Science International

Volumn 148, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 181-189

  Bill, Martin ^a   Gill, Peter ^a   Curran, James ^b   Clayton, Tim ^c   Pinchin, Richard ^a   Healy, Marcus ^a   Buckleton, John ^d  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c W Y   (United Kingdom)

^d MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Expert system; Mixture; PENDULUM; STR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 11444250398     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.06.037     Document Type: Article

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