Object-oriented Bayesian networks for paternity cases with allelic dependencies

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 166-175

  Hepler, Amanda B ^a   Weir, Bruce S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Avuncular index; DNA evidence; Evidence interpretation; Paternity index; Probabilistic expert systems

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERT SYSTEM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATERNITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 43049135817     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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