mispitools1.4.0 package

Missing Person Identification Tools

compute_conditioned_prop

Compute Conditioned Proportions for Pigmentation Traits

compute_reference_prop

Compute Reference Population Proportions for Pigmentation Traits

cpt_missing_person

Missing Person-Based Conditional Probability Table

cpt_population

Population-Based Conditional Probability Table

decision_threshold

Compute Optimal Decision Threshold

error_matrix_hair

Hair Color Error/Confusion Matrix

get_allele_freqs

Get Allele Frequencies in pedtools Format

kl_bidirectional

Bidirectional Kullback-Leibler Divergence for Genetic Markers

kl_multi

Multi-Population Kullback-Leibler Divergence Matrix

kl_pie

Kullback-Leibler Divergence for Probability Matrices

lr_age

Likelihood Ratio for Age Variable

lr_birthdate

Likelihood Ratio for Birth Date

lr_combine

Combine Likelihood Ratios from Multiple Sources

lr_compute_pigmentation

Compute Likelihood Ratios for Pigmentation Traits

lr_hair_color

Likelihood Ratio for Hair Color

lr_pigmentation

Simulate LR Distributions for Pigmentation Traits

lr_sensitivity

Sensitivity Analysis for Likelihood Ratios

lr_sex

Likelihood Ratio for Biological Sex

lr_to_dataframe

Convert Genetic LR Simulations to Data Frame

mispitools_app

Comprehensive Shiny App for Missing Person Identification

mispitools-deprecated

Deprecated functions in mispitools

mispitools-package

mispitools: Missing Person Identification Tools

plot_cpt

Plot Conditional Probability Tables Comparison

plot_decision_curve

Plot Decision Curve (FPR vs FNR)

plot_lr_distribution

Plot Likelihood Ratio Distributions

sim_lr_genetic

Simulate Likelihood Ratios from Genetic Data

sim_lr_prelim

Simulate Likelihood Ratios from Preliminary Investigation Data

sim_mp_prelim

Simulate Preliminary Investigation Data for Missing Persons

sim_poi_genetic

Simulate Genetic Profiles for Persons of Interest

sim_poi_prelim

Simulate Preliminary Investigation Data for Persons of Interest

sim_posterior

Simulate Posterior Odds Combining Genetic and Non-Genetic Evidence

sim_reference_pop

Simulate Reference Population with Pigmentation Traits

threshold_rates

Compute Error Rates at a Specific Threshold

A comprehensive toolkit for missing person identification combining genetic and non-genetic evidence within a Bayesian framework. Computes likelihood ratios (LRs) for DNA profiles, biological sex, age, hair color, and birthdate evidence. Provides decision analysis tools including optimal LR thresholds, error rate calculations, and ROC curve visualization. Includes interactive Shiny applications for exploring evidence combinations. For methodological details see Marsico et al. (2023) <doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2023.102891> and Marsico, Vigeland et al. (2021) <doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2021.102519>.

  • Maintainer: Franco Marsico
  • License: GPL (>= 3)
  • Last published: 2026-01-09