Bayes factor for investigative assessment of selected handwriting features

Forensic Science International

Volumn 242, Issue , 2014, Pages 266-273

  Taroni, F ^a   Marquis, R ^a   Schmittbuhl, M ^b   Biedermann, A ^a   Thiery A ^a   Bozza, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Faculty of Dentistry ^*  (France)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayes' factor; Fourier descriptors; Handwriting analysis; Inference of gender; Inference of handedness; Investigation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES FACTOR; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTOUR SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER COEFFICIENT; GENDER CLASSIFICATION; HANDEDNESS; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907312126     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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