Bayesian Networks and the Value of the Evidence for the Forensic Two-Trace Transfer Problem

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1199-1216

  Gittelson, Simone ^a   Biedermann, Alex ^a   Bozza, Silvia ^b   Taroni, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Evaluation of transfer evidence; Forensic science; Graphical probability models; Likelihood ratio; Object oriented Bayesian networks; Two trace problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865864412     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02127.x     Document Type: Article

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