Summary of A Logical Approach to Criminal Case Investigation, by Takanori Ugai et al.
A Logical Approach to Criminal Case Investigation
by Takanori Ugai, Yusuke Koyanagi, Fumihito Nishino
First submitted to arxiv on: 13 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper explores XAI (eXplanable AI) techniques that can explain their conclusions, a crucial aspect in forensic science and justice systems. The authors highlight the challenges faced by experts due to large data volumes, complex environments, and inadequate knowledge, leading to failed investigations and miscarriages of justice. To address this issue, they apply a logical approach to crime scene investigation using a knowledge graph created for the Knowledge Graph Reasoning Challenge. Specifically, they analyze the Sherlock Holmes short story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” to infer the murderer’s motive, opportunity, and method. By creating an ontology of motives and methods from dictionaries and adding it to the knowledge graph, they demonstrate how XAI can be used to determine motives, opportunities, and methods. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about using special AI techniques that can explain why they think something is true. These techniques are important for forensic science and justice systems because they help make sure investigations are fair and accurate. Right now, experts have a hard time investigating crimes because they face huge amounts of data, complex situations, and limited knowledge. This can lead to failed investigations and wrongful convictions. To solve this problem, the authors use a special approach to investigate crime scenes using a big database of information. They apply this approach to the famous Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” to figure out who the murderer is and why they did it. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Knowledge graph
