Glass analysis for forensic purposes - A comparison of classification methods

Journal of Chemometrics

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 174-186

  Zadora, Grzegorz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Classification; Forensic sciences; Glass; Na ve bayes classifiers; Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GLASS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

BAYES CLASSIFIER; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAYS; FRAGMENT PIECES; GLASS FRAGMENTS; LINEAR DIMENSIONS; NAÏVE BAYE CLASSIFIER; SUPPORT VECTORS MACHINE; X-RAY SPECTROMETERS;

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

EID: 34948911374     PISSN: 08869383     EISSN: 1099128X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cem.1030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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