Introduction to Craniofacial Superimposition -- Importance of Craniofacial Superimposition in Forensic Identification: Historical Perspective -- Relationships Between the Skull and the Face in the Forensic Realm -- Craniofacial Superimposition Techniques -- Craniofacial Superimposition: The State of the Art -- Ethical and Legal Issues in Craniofacial Superimposition -- Experimental Study of Methodologies, Tools and Criteria -- MEPROCS Craniofacial Superimposition Framework -- MEPROCS Framework Validation -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- References.

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This open access book is the first comprehensive guide to a new soft computing technique which is used in complex forensic cases. The chapters include detailed technical and practical overviews, and discussions about the latest tools, open problems and ethical and legal issues involved. The book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in forensic medicine and computational intelligence. The book is closely associated with a successful research initiative, MEPROCS (New Methodologies and Protocols of Forensic Identification by Craniofacial Superimposition). The project collaborators were: S. Damas, O. Ibáñez, M.I. Huete, T. Kahana, C. Wilkinson, E. Ferguson, C. Erolin, P.T. Jayaprakash, R. Jankauskas, F. Cavalli, K. Imaizumi, R. Vicente, D. Navega, E. Cunha, A.H. Ross, E. Veselovskaya, A. Abramov, P. Lestón, F. Molinero, E. Ruiz, F. Navarro, J. Cardoso, F. Viegas, D. Humpire, R. Hardiman, J. Clement, A. Valsecchi, B.R. Campomanes-Alvarez, C. Campomanes-Alvarez, A.S. Çağdır, T. Briers, M. Steyn, M. Viniero, D.N. Vieira, and O. Cordón.