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In this paper we present FINDS a training system for new forensic scientists and a prototype of a knowledge base system. This system is for pre-assessment and assessment of fibre evidence. The pre-assessment and assessment involves uncertain reasoning through a Bayesian network for fibre transfer, persistence and retrieval. FINDS also provides support in the training of new forensic scientists on decision making under uncertainty. This training is required when a forensic scientist needs to decide whether a forensic fibre analysis is cost-effective for clients such as the police and law firms.
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Puch, R.O., Jim Q., S. (2002). FINDS: A Training Package to Assess Forensic Fibre Evidence. In: Coello Coello, C.A., de Albornoz, A., Sucar, L.E., Battistutti, O.C. (eds) MICAI 2002: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. MICAI 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2313. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46016-0_44
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