Use of data mining techniques to model crime scene investigator performance

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-176

  Adderley, Richard ^a   Townsley, Michael ^b   Bond, John ^c  

^a A E SOLUTIONS BI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Northamptonshire Police   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime scene investigators; Data mining; K Means; Performance monitoring

Indexed keywords

DNA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS; PERFORMANCE MONITORING;

DATA MINING;

EID: 33847291246     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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