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Devlin, Keith J.

The numbers behind NUMB3RS : solving crime with mathematics / Keith Devlin, Gary Lorden.

New York : Plume, ©2007.

x, 243 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

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.

Criminal investigation.

Mathematical statistics.

Criminal investigation -- Data processing.

Lorden, Gary.

Numbers behind numbers

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Appendix: mathematical synopses of the episodes in the first three seasons of NUMB3RS.

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Contributor biographical information

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2007018115

9780452288577

0452288576

124031891

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