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In order to run an experiment similar to the one used in the face
pair-matching problem (Section~\ref{sec:frb}), we use the Goldman
Osteological Dataset \cite{deadbodies}. This dataset consists of
-skeletal measurements of 1538 skeletons uncovered around the world and
-dating throughout the last several thousand years. Given the way these
-data were collected, only a partial view of the skeleton is available,
-we keep six measurements: the lengths of four bones (radius, humerus,
-femur, and tibia) and the breadth and height of the pelvis. Because
-of missing values, this reduces the size of the dataset to 1191.
+skeletal measurements of 1,538 skeletons uncovered around the world and dating
+from the modern geological era. Given the way this data was collected, only a
+partial view of the skeleton is available. We keep six measurements: the
+lengths of four bones (radius, humerus, femur, and tibia) and the breadth and
+height of the pelvis. Because of missing values, this reduces the size of the
+dataset to 1,191.
-From this dataset, 1191 matched pairs and 1191 unmatched pairs are
+From this dataset, 1,191 matched pairs and 1,191 unmatched pairs are
generated. In practice, the exact measurements of the bones of living
subjects are not directly accessible. Therefore, measurements are
likely to have an error rate, whose variance depends on the method of