Forensic individualisation from biometric data

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 205-213

  Meuwly, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayes Theorem; Biometrics; Falsifiability; Forensic science; Individualisation; Likelihood ratio; Methodology

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; BIOMETRY; DATA BASE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 34248178634     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(06)71600-8     Document Type: Article

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