false negative

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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A false negative is when a classification or decision system gives a negative result when it should really be positive; for example if a medical diagnosis system says someone is well, when they actually have the ailment.

This is in contrast to with a true negative, a false positive or a true positive.

Used in Chap. 9: pages 130, 131, 140; Chap. 18: page 310; Chap. 19: page 325; Chap. 20: page 345