Evidential value of physicochemical data-comparison of methods of glass database creation

Journal of Chemometrics

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 367-378

  Zadora, Grzegorz ^a   Neocleous, Tereza ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forensic sciences; Glass fragments; Likelihood ratio; Physicochemical data

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; RANDOM PROCESSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COMPARISON OF METHODS; DATA COMPARISONS; DATABASE CREATION; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; EVIDENTIAL VALUE; FORENSIC LABORATORY; GLASS FRAGMENTS; LIKELIHOOD RATIOS; OBJECT DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL DATA;

GLASS;

EID: 77953617247     PISSN: 08869383     EISSN: 1099128X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cem.1276     Document Type: Article

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