Estimation of adult skeletal age-at-death using the sugeno fuzzy integral

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-41

  Anderson, Melissa F ^a   Anderson, Derek T ^b   Wescott, Daniel J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age methodology; Forensic anthropology; Fuzzy integral; Multifactorial; Paleodemography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE EXAMINATION; CHILD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEATH; DURA MATER; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; FEMUR; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INFANT; MALE; MODEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RIB; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BONE AND BONES; DEATH; DIET; EAR AURICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FUZZY LOGIC; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; SKULL;

EID: 77950810304     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21190     Document Type: Article

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