crimelinkage (version 0.0.3)

compareTemporal: Make temporal evidence variable from (possibly uncertain) temporal info

Description

Calculates the temporal distance between crimes

Usage

compareTemporal(DT1, DT2, niters = 2000, show.pb = TRUE)

Arguments

DT1

(n x 2) data.frame of (DT.FROM,DT.TO) for the crimes

DT2

(n x 2) data.frame of (DT.FROM,DT.TO) for the crimes

niters

number of iterations for Monte Carlo expectation

show.pb

(logical) show the progress bar

Value

• data.frame of expected absolute differences:
  • temporal - overall difference (in days) [0,max]
  • tod - time of day difference (in hours) [0,12]
  • dow - fractional day of week difference (in days) [0,3.5]

Details

Uses Monte Carlo expected value - aoristic like analysis