Bayesian networks for sex-related homicides: Structure learning and prediction

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1155-1171

  Stahlschmidt, Stephan ^a,b   Tausendteufel, Helmut ^c   Härdle, Wolfgang K ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BERLIN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; criminal event perspective; ensemble learning; model averaging; offender profiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877833176     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2013.780235     Document Type: Article

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