Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Quantification of the weight of fingerprint evidence using a ROC-based
  Approximate Bayesian Computation algorithm for model selection   For more than a century, fingerprints have been used with considerable
success to identify criminals or verify the identity of individuals. The
categorical conclusion scheme used by fingerprint examiners, and more generally
the inference process followed by forensic scientists, have been heavily
criticised in the scientific and legal literature. Instead, scholars have
proposed to characterise the weight of forensic evidence using the Bayes factor
as the key element of the inference process. In forensic science, quantifying
the magnitude of support is equally as important as determining which model is
supported. Unfortunately, the complexity of fingerprint patterns render
likelihood-based inference impossible. In this paper, we use an Approximate
Bayesian Computation model selection algorithm to quantify the weight of
fingerprint evidence. We supplement the ABC algorithm using a Receiver
Operating Characteristic curve to mitigate the effect of the curse of
dimensionality. Our modified algorithm is computationally efficient and makes
it easier to monitor convergence as the number of simulations increase. We use
our method to quantify the weight of fingerprint evidence in forensic science,
but we note that it can be applied to any other forensic pattern evidence.

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The categories of this paper are: adap-org
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ex
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The categories of this paper are: eess
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The categories of this paper are: q-bio
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The categories of this paper are: bayes-an
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The categories of this paper are: cmp-lg
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The categories of this paper are: math
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ph
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The categories of this paper are: hep-lat
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The categories of this paper are: alg-geom
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The categories of this paper are: astro-ph
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: cond-mat
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The categories of this paper are: q-fin
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The categories of this paper are: physics
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The categories of this paper are: q-alg