Modeling the forensic two-trace problem with Bayesian networks

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-252

  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 evidence; Graphical probability models; Two trace problem; Value of the evidence

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE; GLOBAL VISION; GRAPHICAL APPROACH; INFERENCE PROBLEM; PROBABILITY MODELS; TWO-TRACE PROBLEM; VALUE OF THE EVIDENCE;

BIOMETRICS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 84882684537     PISSN: 09248463     EISSN: 15728382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10506-012-9136-5     Document Type: Article

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