University of Cambridge > Talks.cam > Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series > An exact, efficient, and flexible representation of statistical models for DNA profiles

An exact, efficient, and flexible representation of statistical models for DNA profiles

Add to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal

If you have a question about this talk, please contact INI IT.

FOSW03 - Statistical modelling of scientific evidence

Many different models have been proposed for a statistical interpretation of mixed DNA profiles. Regardless of the model, a computational bottleneck lies in the necessity to handle the large set of possible combinations of DNA profiles for the contributors to the DNA sample.

I will explain how models can be specified in a very general setup that makes it simple to compute both the likelihood and many other quantities that are crucial to a thorough statistical analysis. Notably all computations in this setup are exact, whilst still efficient.

I have used this setup to implement the statistical software package DNAmixtures.

Related Links

This talk is part of the Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series series.

Tell a friend about this talk:

This talk is included in these lists:

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.

 

© 2006-2024 Talks.cam, University of Cambridge. Contact Us | Help and Documentation | Privacy and Publicity