A Response to Webb and Ting?s On the Application of ROC Analysis to Predict Classification Performance Under Varying Class Distributions.

In an article in this issue, Webb and Ting criticize ROC analysis for its inability to handle certain changes in class distributions. They imply that the ability of ROC graphs to depict performance in the face of changing class distributions has been overstated. In this editorial response, we descri...

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Published in:Machine learning. 58, 1 (2005).
Main Author: Fawcett, Tom
Format: Article
Language:English
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