Evaluation of trace evidence in the form of multivariate data

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-122

  Aitken, C G G ^a   Lucy, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation of evidence; Forensic science; Likelihood ratio; Muitivariate data

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342324886     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0035-9254.2003.05271.x     Document Type: Article

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