A Short Catalog for Interpreting Operating Characteristic Curves and an Application to Multiple Threshold Testing.
Abstract
In a classification rule for deciding between two possible classes, generally a single threshold test is used. If, however, one or both of the class probability density functions for the decision variable is multimodal or if the class variances are unequal, the situation may arise where it becomes desirable to use multiple thresholds to bracket several regions of the decision variable assigned to the two classes. An easy count of the number of inflection points in the operating characteristic curve generated from the single threshold case permits determination of the maximum number of thresholds that should be used. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA068359
Entities
People
- Nathan E. Lindgren
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology