Forensim: An open-source initiative for the evaluation of statistical methods in forensic genetics

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-268

  Haned, Hinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

DNA evidence; Forensic sciences; R software; R Forge; Simulation; Statistical genetics

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL EVIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79957634068     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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