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Biometric System Errors

The document discusses biometric system errors, specifically false matches and false non-matches, and outlines a hypothesis testing framework for decision-making in biometric verification. It highlights the importance of unique and permanent biometric identifiers, as well as the challenges posed by genetic similarities in related individuals, such as twins. Additionally, it distinguishes between various applications of biometrics, including civilian and high-security contexts, and introduces the concepts of false match rate (FMR) and false non-match rate (FNMR).

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Biometric System Errors

The document discusses biometric system errors, specifically false matches and false non-matches, and outlines a hypothesis testing framework for decision-making in biometric verification. It highlights the importance of unique and permanent biometric identifiers, as well as the challenges posed by genetic similarities in related individuals, such as twins. Additionally, it distinguishes between various applications of biometrics, including civilian and high-security contexts, and introduces the concepts of false match rate (FMR) and false non-match rate (FNMR).

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18CSE357T – BIOMETRICS

Unit –1 : Session –4 : SLO -1

SRM Institute of Science and Technology 1


Biometric System Errors

• A biometric verification system makes two types


of errors:

1) Mistaking Biometric Measurements From Two


Different Persons to be From The Same Person
(Called False Match)

2) Mistaking Two Biometric Measurements From


The Same Person to be From Two Different
Persons (Called False Non-match)

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Biometric System Errors (Cont..)

Hypothesis testing:
1) H0: input XQ does not come from the same person as the template XI
2) H1: input XQ comes from the same person as the template XI

Decision:
1) D0: person is not who she claims to be
2) D1: person is who she claims to be.

If S (XQ , XI) ≧ t , then decide D1 , else decide D0 .

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Biometric System Errors (Cont..)

• Such a hypothesis testing formulation contains two type of error:

• Type Ⅰ(α): false match (D1, when H0)


• Type Ⅱ(β): false non-match (D0, when H1)
Decision
Imposter Threshold (t ) Genuine
Distribution Distribution
p (s|H0) p (s|H1)
Probability (p )

FMR = P (D1|H0)
FNMR = P (D0|H1)

-∞ Matching Score (s ) ∞
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Biometric System Errors (Cont..)

Forensic
Applications
False Match Rate (FMR)

Civilian High-security
Applications Applications

False Non-match Rate (FNMR)

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• A biometric identifier is said to be unique only if
any two persons in the world can be differentiated
based on the given identifier.
• A biometric trait is permanent if it does not change
over the lifetime of an individual.
• The variability observed in the biometric feature
set of an individual is known as intra-user
variations or intra-class variations.
Biometrics of twins.
(a) The right index fingerprints of a pair of twins;
(b) right eyes of a pair of twins;
(c) face images of a pair of twins.
• The genetic similarity between related individuals
(e.g., twins, father and son) may also contribute to
the lack of uniqueness of some biometric traits.
• For example, the facial appearance of identical
twins is almost the same.
• Modalities such as DNA, where the genetic
constitution of the individual largely determines
their biometric characteristics are referred to as
genotypic factors/features

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