Forensim: an open-source initiative for the evaluation of statistical methods in forensic genetics.

Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Laboratoire de biométrie et biologie évolutive, 69622 Villeurbanne, France. haned@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr

Forensic science international. Genetics 2011 Aug

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Forensim is a new package for the R statistical software that is dedicated to forensic DNA evidence interpretation. As far as we know, forensim is the first open-source tool that allows for the simulation of data encountered in forensic genetics studies. The package also implements common statistical methods used for reporting the weight of DNA evidence. Forensim is written in the R language and is freely available from http://forensim.r-forge.r-project.org. This paper presents an overview of the software's functionalities. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Hinda Haned. Forensim: an open-source initiative for the evaluation of statistical methods in forensic genetics. Forensic science international. Genetics. 2011 Aug;5(4):265-8