Abstract
Guidance exists on how to count matches between samples in a crime sample database
but we are unable to locate a definition of how to estimate a match rate. We propose
a method that does not proceed from the match counting definition but which has a
strong logic.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 20, 2009
Accepted:
December 3,
2008
Received in revised form:
November 17,
2008
Received:
October 7,
2008
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© 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
