Structured incorporation of prior information in relationship identification problems

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 501-518

  Sheehan, N A ^a   Egeland, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bayes 'Theorem; Inferring relationships; Likelihoods; Pedigrees; Prior information

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; SOFTWARE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34249899967     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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