Ignitable liquid identification using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry data by projected difference resolution mapping and fuzzy rule-building expert system classification

Forensic Science International

Volumn 220, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 210-218

  Lu, Weiying ^a   Rankin, J Graham ^b   Bondra, Alexandria ^b,c   Trader, Carolyn ^b,d   Heeren, Amanda ^b,e   Harrington, Peter de B ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c El Paso City/County Health and Environmental District   (United States)

^d Eastern Kentucky Forensic Laboratory   (United States)

^e Wyoming State Crime Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy rule building expert system; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Ignitable liquid identification; Projected difference resolution mapping

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; KEROSENE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FUZZY SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROJECTED DIFFERENCE RESOLUTION MAPPING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84862701264     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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