Advances in Fingerprint Technology.pdf

Figure 2.6 Examination of ridge characteristics. (a) Fingerprint from which the
area of ridges was selected; (b) area of examination was restricted to the ridge
characteristics depicted; (c) how the area being examined would appear if only
spatial position of ridge characteristics were considered; (d) conceptional enhancement
of (c).
derive their conclusions from premises simply by recognizing intuitively the
connection between the familiarity of the data observed.
Logic, in general, is the science of right thinking; it prescribes the rules
and procedures by which conclusions can be demonstrated to be valid or
invalid. A very brief description of deductive reasoning is necessary to comprehend
its role in latent print identification. In deduction, two propositions,
which between them have a common term, are so related that from their combination
a judgment, the conclusion, necessarily follows. The arrangement of
the two propositions, termed the major and minor premises, followed by the