Function reference • bistro

bistro matching function

Uses the bistro algorithm to identify matches between bloodmeals and people

bistro(): Identify human contributors to a bloodmeal using STR profiles

Built-in datasets

bloodmeal_profiles: Bloodmeal STR profiles

human_profiles: Human reference database

pop_allele_freqs: Human population allele frequencies

Other matching functions

match_exact(): Identify exact matches between bloodmeal and human STR profiles

match_similarity(): Identify similarity matches between STR profiles from bloodmeals and a human database

match_static_thresh(): Match bloodmeals and humans based on log10LR static threshold

Create a human database from bloodmeal profiles

Create a human database from single-source bloodmeals with complete STR profiles

create_db_from_bloodmeals(): Create human profile database from bloodmeal profiles

Other functions

Sub-functions used by bistro()

calc_allele_freqs(): Calculate allele frequencies

prep_bloodmeal_profiles(): Preprocess bloodmeal profiles

prep_human_profiles(): Preprocess human profiles

rm_dups(): Remove duplicate rows with warning

rm_twins(): Remove identical STR profiles

filter_peaks(): Filter peak heights that are under threshold

calc_log10_lrs(): Calculate log10_lrs for multiple bloodmeal-human pairs

identify_matches(): Identify matches for multiple bloodmeal-human pairs