Firearm recognition based on whole firing pin impression image via backpropagation neural network
Firearms identification is a vital aim of firearm analysis. The firing pin impression image on a cartridge case from a fired bullet is one of the most significant clues in firearms identification. In this study, a set of data which focused on selected 6 features of firing pin impression images befor...
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| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/16193/1/Firearm_Recognition_based_on_Whole_Firing_Pin.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/16193/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICPAIR.2011.5976891 |
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| Summary: | Firearms identification is a vital aim of firearm analysis. The firing pin impression image on a cartridge case from a fired bullet is one of the most significant clues in firearms identification. In this study, a set of data which focused on selected 6 features of firing pin impression images before an entirety of five different pistols of South African made; the Parabellum Vector SPI 9mm model, were used. The numerical features are geometric moments of whole image computed from a total of 747 cartridge case images. Under pattern recognition theory, the supervised features of firing pin impression images were then trained and validated using a two-layer backpropagation neural network (BPNN) design with computed hidden layers. A two-layer 6-7-5 connections BPNN of sigmoid/linear transfer function with ‘trainlm’ algorithm was found to yield the best classification result using cross-validation, where 96% of the images were correctly classified according to
the pistols used. Moreover, the network was trained under very small mean-square error (MSE=0.01). This means that neural network method is capable to learn and validate well the numerical features of whole firing pin impression with high precision and fast classification results. |
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