The predictive value of the maximum likelihood estimator of the number of contributors to a DNA mixture

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-284

  Haned, H ^a   Pene L ^b   Sauvage, F ^a   Pontier, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Centre Universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; Body fluids; DNA mixtures; Likelihood estimator; Predictive value; Traces

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY FLUID; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 79957660890     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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