Bayesian classification criterion for forensic multivariate data.

This study presents a classification criteria for two-class Cannabis seedlings. As the cultivation of drug type cannabis is forbidden in Switzerland, law enforcement authorities regularly ask laboratories to determine cannabis plant's chemotype from seized material in order to ascertain that the pla...

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Publicado en:Forensic Science International Vol. 244; pp. 295 - 302
Autores principales: Bozza, S, Broséus, J, Esseiva, P, Taroni, F
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2014
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