Causal inference for violence risk management and decision support in forensic psychiatry
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1. Violence Prevention Research Unit, Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK, EC1A 7BE. 2. Risk and Information Management Research Group, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK, E1 4NS. 3. Forensic Personality Disorder Service, East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Decision Support Systems
دوره 80 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015