A Pipeline for Cartridge Case Comparisons
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2022
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Zemmels, Joseph
Hofmann, Heike
VanderPlas, Susan
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Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence
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We introduce novel sub-procedures in the pre-processing, comparison and similarity feature steps. The sub-procedures result in an improved error rate compared to our implementation of the CMC method while also requiring fewer parameters. The fitted Decision tree model is easily interpretable.
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The following poster was presented at the 106th International Association for Identification (IAI) Annual Educational Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, July 31-August 6, 2022. Posted with permission of CSAFE.