AncesTrees: ancestry estimation with randomized decision trees

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1145-1153

  Navega, David ^a   Coelho, Catarina ^a   Vicente, Ricardo ^a   Ferreira, Maria Teresa ^a,b   Wasterlain, Sofia ^a,b   Cunha, Eugénia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AncesTrees; Ancestry estimation; Forensic anthropology; Howells craniometric series; Random forest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; DATA BASE; DECISION TREE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEX DETERMINATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CEPHALOMETRY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DECISION TREES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON;

EID: 84940449597     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-014-1050-9     Document Type: Article

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