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Developing a forensic dental code and programme
Author(s) -
Pierce L.,
Lindsay J.,
Lautenschlager E. P.,
Smith E. S.,
Harcourt J. K.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1982.tb04023.x
Subject(s) - code (set theory) , data bank , data file , computer science , identification (biology) , computer program , database , programming language , biology , telecommunications , set (abstract data type) , botany
A bstract An attempt was made to develop a computer‐assisted programme to aid in the positive identification of human remains. The first and second generations of a computer code and programme for entering ante‐mortem and post‐mortem records into a computer data bank are discussed. The initial code is presented along with the results following the computer evaluation of 50 record pairs. The self‐evaluating aspects of the programme are discussed and the proposed second generation code is presented. The programme exhibits some promising characteristics but further refinement based on increased data banks is needed.