Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves are used for summarizing the performance of imperfect diagnostic systems, especially in biomedical research. These curves are also appropriate for ...

Last month we examined the use of logistic regression for classification, in which the class of a data point is predicted given training data 1. This month, we look at how to evaluate classifier ...

Due to recent advances in technology, medical diagnosis data are becoming increasingly complex and, nowadays, applications where measurements are curves or images are ubiquitous. Motivated by the need ...