Minimum Elapsed Interval
Definition
A supported lower bound on duration, conditional on the method and case assumptions. A supported lower bound on elapsed time places the earlier event no later than a corresponding calendar time.
- Context
- Conditional timing bounds
For example, a supported minimum of five elapsed days places an earlier event at least five days back, not at one exact date.
It does not identify the earliest possible date of that event.
An insect-based bound on time since death requires supported association and postmortem colonisation. Pre-death myiasis, model error and later development can invalidate a blanket conservative-minimum claim.
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