SK4FGA

In forensics, it is common and effective practice to analyse glass fragments from the scene and suspects to gain evidence of placing a suspect at the crime scene. This kind of analysis involves comparing the physical and chemical attributes of glass fragments that exist on both the person and at the crime scene, and assessing the significance in a likeness that they share. The package implements the Scott-Knott Modification 2 algorithm (SKM2) (Christopher M. Triggs and James M. Curran and John S. Buckleton and Kevan A.J. Walsh (1997) doi:10.1016/S0379-0738(96)02037-3 "The grouping problem in forensic glass analysis: a divisive approach", Forensic Science International, 85(1), 1–14) for small sample glass fragment analysis using the refractive index (ri) of a set of glass samples. It also includes an experimental multivariate analog to the Scott-Knott algorithm for similar analysis on glass samples with multiple chemical concentration variables and multiple samples of the same item; testing against the Hotellings T^2 distribution (J.M. Curran and C.M. Triggs and J.R. Almirall and J.S. Buckleton and K.A.J. Walsh (1997) doi:10.1016/S1355-0306(97)72197-X "The interpretation of elemental composition measurements from forensic glass evidence", Science & Justice, 37(4), 241–244).

Last 30 days

This package has been downloaded 150 times in the last 30 days. Enough downloads to make a small wave in the niche community. The curiosity is spreading! The following heatmap shows the distribution of downloads per day. Yesterday, it was downloaded 7 times.

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Last 365 days

This package has been downloaded 1,835 times in the last 365 days. Now we’re talking! This work is officially 'heard of in academic circles', just like those wild research papers on synthetic bananas. The day with the most downloads was Sep 11, 2024 with 21 downloads.

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