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 in Chap. 9: pages 130, 131, 138, 139, 141; Chap. 18: pages 304, 310; Chap. 19: page 325

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