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ESTIMATING THE ROC CURVE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR CLASSIFICATION MODELS’ ASSESSMENT
ESTIMATING THE ROC CURVE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR CLASSIFICATION MODELS’ ASSESSMENT

Author(s): Krzysztof Gajowniczek, Tomasz Ząbkowski, Ryszard Szupiluk
Subject(s): Economy, Methodology and research technology
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: ROC curve; AUC; classification models’ assessment;

Summary/Abstract: Article presents a ROC (receiver operating characteristic) curve and its application for classification models’ assessment. ROC curve, along with area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUC) is frequently used as a measure for the diagnostics in many industries including medicine, marketing, finance and technology. In this article, we discuss and compare estimation procedures, both parametric and non-parametric, since these are constantly being developed, adjusted and extended.

  • Issue Year: XV/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 382-391
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English