Interpretation of Forensic DNA Mixtures

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Documentation for package ‘forensim’ version 4.3.3

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forensim-package	The forensim package
$-method	Accessors for forensim objects
$<--method	Accessors for forensim objects
A2.simu	A Tcl/Tk graphical user interface for simple DNA mixtures resolution using allele peak heights or areas information when two alleles are observed at a given locus
A3.simu	A Tcl/Tk graphical user interface for simple DNA mixtures resolution using allele peak heights or areas when three alleles are observed at a given locus
A4.simu	A Tcl/Tk graphical user interface for simple DNA mixtures resolution using allele peak heights or areas when four alleles are observed at a given locus
as.simugeno	simugeno constructor
as.simumix	simumix constructor
as.tabfreq	tabfreq constructor
changepop	Function to change population-related information in forensim objects
characterOrNULL-class	Virtual classes for forensim
Cmn	The number of all possible combinations of m elements among n with repetitions
comb	Generate all possible combinations of m elements among n with repetitions
dataL	Generic formula of the likelihood of the observed alleles in a mixture conditional on the number of contributors for a specific locus
factorOrNULL-class	Virtual classes for forensim
findfreq	Finds the allele frequencies of a mixture from a tabfreq object
findmax	Function to find the maximum of a vector and its position
forensim	The forensim package
Hbsimu	A Tcl/Tk simulator of the heterozygous balance
is.simugeno	simugeno constructor
is.simumix	simumix constructor
is.tabfreq	tabfreq constructor
lik	Likelihood of the observed alleles at different loci in a DNA mixture conditional on the number of contributors to the mixture
lik.loc	Likelihood per locus of the observed alleles in a DNA mixture conditional on the number of contributors to the mixture
likestim	Maximum likelihood estimation of the number of contributors to a forensic DNA mixture for a set of loci
likestim.loc	Maximum likelihood estimation per locus of the number of contributors to forensic DNA mixtures.
likEvid	Likelihood of DNA evidence conditioned on a given hypothesis
listOrdataframe-class	Virtual classes for forensim
LR	Likelihood ratio for DNA evidence interpretation (2): a sophistacted version of function LR()
LRmixTK	GUI for the LR function
mastermix	A Tcl/Tk graphical user interface for simple DNA mixtures resolution using allele peak heights/ or areas information
matrixOrdataframe-class	Virtual classes for forensim
mincontri	Minimum number of contributors required to explain a forensic DNA mixture
N2error	Calculates exact error for maximum allele count for two markers
N2Exact	Calculates exact allele distribution for 2 contributors
names-method	forensim class for simluated genotypes
names-method	forensim class for DNA mixtures
names-method	forensim class for population allele frequencies
naomitab	Handling of missing values in a data frame
nball	Number of alleles in a mixture
ngm	Allele frequencies for the new generation markers NGM, for the Caucasian US population
PE	The random man exclusion probability
print-method	forensim class for simluated genotypes
print-method	forensim class for DNA mixtures
print-method	forensim class for population allele frequencies
PV	Predictive value of the maximum likelihood estimator of the number of contributors to a DNA mixture
sgmNorway	Allele frequencies for the new generation markers sgm, for the Norwegian population
show-method	forensim class for simluated genotypes
show-method	forensim class for DNA mixtures
show-method	forensim class for population allele frequencies
simMixSNP	Simulates SNP mixtures
simPCR2	Polymorphism chain reaction simulation model
simPCR2TK	A Tcl/Tk graphical interface for the polymorphism chain reaction simulation model
simufreqD	Function to simulate allele frequencies for independent loci from a Dirichlet model
simugeno	simugeno constructor
simugeno-class	forensim class for simluated genotypes
simugeno-methods	simugeno constructor
simumix	simumix constructor
simumix-class	forensim class for DNA mixtures
simumix-methods	simumix constructor
simupopD	Simulate multi-population allele frequencies for independent loci from a reference population, following a Dirichlet model
strusa	Allele frequencies for 15 autosomal short tandem repeats core loci on U.S. Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic populations.
strveneto	Population study of three miniSTR loci in Veneto (Italy)
tabfreq	tabfreq constructor
tabfreq-class	forensim class for population allele frequencies
tabfreq-methods	tabfreq constructor
Tu	Allele frequencies of 15 autosomal short tandem repeats loci on Chinese Tu ethnic minority group
vectorOrdataframe-class	Virtual classes for forensim
vectorOrNULL-class	Virtual classes for forensim
wrapdataL	ML estimate of number of contributors for SNPs