On optimal reject rules and ROC curves

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2005

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English

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In this paper we make the connection between two approaches for supervised classification with a rejectio option. The first approach is due to Tortorella and is based on ROC curves and the second is a generalisation of Chow's optimal rules.

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Chow's rejection rule, Derivative of ROC curves, Supervised classification, Optimal decision-rule, Rejection threshold

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Santos-Pereira, C., & Pires, A.M. (2005). On optimal reject rules and ROC curves. Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 26, 943-952. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11328/746.

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