Automated decision support for associating an unknown biological specimen with a family

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8775097
APP PUB NO 20130041594A1
SERIAL NO

13633940

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Three methods of predicting whether an unknown biological specimen of a missing person originates from a member of a particular family comprise an initial automated decision support (ADS) algorithm for determining a list of relatives of the missing person for DNA typing and which typing technologies of available technologies to use for a listed relative. The ADS algorithm may be implemented on computer apparatus including a processor and an associated memory. The ADS method comprises determining a set of relatives of available family member relatives for DNA typing via a processor from a stored list of family member relatives according to one of a rule base, a table of hierarchically stored relatives developed based on discriminatory power or by calculating the discriminatory power for available family relatives to type. The ADS method may further comprise comparing at least one set of DNA typing data for the unknown biological specimen to DNA typing data from biological specimens from the determined set of relatives; calculating by the processor a likelihood function that the person is related to the family; and outputting a decision whether or not the person is related to the family.

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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION400 W SUMMIT HILL DRIVE - UT TOWER 961A KNOXVILLE TN 37902 37902

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Birdwell, John Douglas Oak Ridge, US 18 582
Chakraborty, Ranajit Fort Worth, US 6 61
Stansberry, Dale V Oak Ridge, US 14 545
Wang, Tse-Wei Oak Ridge, US 41 864

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