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Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten, "Probability and Forensic Evidence: Theory, Philosophy, and Applications" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

New Books in Mathematics

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The Belief Function, a Generalization of Probability

Roland Martin: Probability is a beautiful discipline, but it seems in this area of forensic science we are often left with more uncertainty than we might prefer. He says sometimes the best thing to do is simply acknowledge something when you don't know it. In his new book he argues that probability theory allows for certain types of uncertainty which should be considered by judges and prosecutors.

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