Graphical models for genetic analyses

Statistical Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-514

  Lauritzen, Steffen L ^a   Sheehan, Nuala A ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Forensic genetics; Linkage analysis; Local computation; Peeling; Probability propagation; QTL analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542631175     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ss/1081443232     Document Type: Article

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