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Area under the precision-recall curve: Point estimates and confidence intervals

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Boyd, K; Eng, KH; Page, CD
Published in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
October 31, 2013

The area under the precision-recall curve (AUCPR) is a single number summary of the information in the precision-recall (PR) curve. Similar to the receiver operating characteristic curve, the PR curve has its own unique properties that make estimating its enclosed area challenging. Besides a point estimate of the area, an interval estimate is often required to express magnitude and uncertainty. In this paper we perform a computational analysis of common AUCPR estimators and their confidence intervals. We find both satisfactory estimates and invalid procedures and we recommend two simple intervals that are robust to a variety of assumptions. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

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1611-3349

ISSN

0302-9743

Publication Date

October 31, 2013

Volume

8190 LNAI

Issue

PART 3

Start / End Page

451 / 466

Related Subject Headings

  • Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
  • 46 Information and computing sciences
 

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Boyd, K., Eng, K. H., & Page, C. D. (2013). Area under the precision-recall curve: Point estimates and confidence intervals. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 8190 LNAI, pp. 451–466). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40994-3_29
Boyd, K., K. H. Eng, and C. D. Page. “Area under the precision-recall curve: Point estimates and confidence intervals.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 8190 LNAI:451–66, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40994-3_29.
Boyd K, Eng KH, Page CD. Area under the precision-recall curve: Point estimates and confidence intervals. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 2013. p. 451–66.
Boyd, K., et al. “Area under the precision-recall curve: Point estimates and confidence intervals.” Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 8190 LNAI, no. PART 3, 2013, pp. 451–66. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40994-3_29.
Boyd K, Eng KH, Page CD. Area under the precision-recall curve: Point estimates and confidence intervals. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 2013. p. 451–466.

Published In

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

DOI

EISSN

1611-3349

ISSN

0302-9743

Publication Date

October 31, 2013

Volume

8190 LNAI

Issue

PART 3

Start / End Page

451 / 466

Related Subject Headings

  • Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
  • 46 Information and computing sciences