ROC

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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A ROC diagram or ROC curve is a visualisation of the precision–recall trade-off. A ROC diagram can also be used to help choise between classifiers.

Used on Chap. 9: pages 181, 193, 196, 197; Chap. 18: pages 442, 450; Chap. 19: page 474

Also known as receiver operating characteristic, ROC curve, ROC curves

ROC curve -- trade-off between false positive and false negative rates

ROC curve -- choosing between classifiers