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(Neural Computation. 2000;12:305-311.)
© 2000 The MIT Press

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Improving the Practice of Classifier Performance Assessment

N. M. Adams

Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, Huxley Building, 180 Queen's Gate, London, SW7 2BZ, U. K.

D. J. Hand

Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, Huxley Building, 180 Queen's Gate, London, SW7 2BZ, U. K.

In this note we use examples from the literature to illustrate some poor practices in assessing the performance of supervised classification rules, and we suggest guidelines for better methodology. We also describe a new assessment criterion that is suitable for the needs of many practical problems.






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