Article
Applications of the Dirichlet distribution to forensic match probabilities.
Genetica - 1 Jan 1995
Lange K
Abstract excerpt
The Dirichlet distribution provides a convenient conjugate prior for Bayesian analyses involving multinomial proportions. In particular, allele frequency estimation can be carried out with a Dirichlet prior. If data from several distinct populations are available, then the parameters characterizing the Dirichlet prior can be estimated by maximum likelihood and then used for allele frequency estimation in each of...
Topics
- Alleles
- Bayes Theorem
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Ethnicity
- Genetics, Population
- Humans