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The numbers behind NUMB3RS : solving crime with mathematics / Keith Devlin, Gary Lorden.
- Title
- The numbers behind NUMB3RS : solving crime with mathematics / Keith Devlin, Gary Lorden.
- Author
- Devlin, Keith J.
- Publication
- New York : Plume, c2007.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Lorden, Gary
- Description
- x, 243 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Explores how advanced mathematics is used to solve criminal cases, discussing geographic profiling, statistics, finding patterns, changepoint detection, Bayesian inference, DNA profiling, codes, fingerprints, risk analysis, counterterrorism, and other techniques.
- Alternative Title
- Numbers behind numbers
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Finding the hot zone : criminal geographic profiling -- Fighting crime with statistics 101 -- Data mining : finding meaningful patterns in masses of information -- When does the writing first appear on the wall? changepoint detection -- Image enhancement and reconstruction -- Predicting the future : Bayesian inference -- DNA profiling -- Secrets-- making and breaking codes -- How reliable is the evidence? doubts about fingerprints -- Connecting the dots : the math of networks -- The prisoner's dilemma, risk analysis, and counterterrorism -- Mathematics in the courtroom -- Crime in the casino : using math to beat the system.
- ISBN
- 0452288576
- 9780452288577
- LCCN
- ^^2007018115
- OCLC
- 124031891
- SCSB-11359718
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library