The sensitivity of the Bayesian HPD method to the choice of prior

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-178

  Triggs, C M ^a   Curran, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian HPD; DNA; Likelihood ratio; Priors; Sampling error

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; GENE FREQUENCY; LEGAL DATABASE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SAMPLING ERROR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947195394     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(06)71590-8     Document Type: Article

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