Science & Justice
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 168-177 , December 2008

A MCMC method for resolving two person mixtures

Received 3 April 2007 ,Revised 10 August 2007 ,Accepted 23 September 2007.

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PII: S1355-0306(07)00106-2

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2007.09.014

Science & Justice
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 168-177 , December 2008