Decision-theoretic reflections on processing a fingermark

Forensic Science International

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages

  Gittelson, S ^a   Bozza, S ^b   Biedermann, A ^a   Taroni, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian decision theory; Fingerprints; Influence diagram; Value of information

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COURT; DECISION MAKING; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84875586539     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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