A dropin peak height model
- Submitting institution
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Aston University
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 44903587
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.02.005
- Title of journal
- Forensic Science International: Genetics
- Article number
- -
- First page
- 80
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1872-4973
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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A - Aston Institute of Urban Technology and the Environment (ASTUTE)
- Citation count
- 13
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The statistical model in the paper is an important component of the statistical method for assigning evidential weight to forensic DNA-profiles. The model was implemented in the probabilistic genotyping system (PGS) LiRa-2.0 and has been used by Eurofins to report 4000 calculations in court since June 2018 (Eurofins, Sr Software Engineer). LiRa-2.0 has been accredited by the United Kingdom accreditation service
(https://www.ukas.com/wp-content/uploads/schedule_uploads/00002/10007Testing%20Multiple.pdf). Courts expect the use of a PGS in a DNA case, making LiRa-2.0 a crucial system. Using LiRa-2.0 in a case is chargeable to the police, therefore this model has a financial value (>£10,000 so far).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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