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What is ROC-AUC?

ROC-AUC measures how well a classifier ranks positives ahead of negatives across decision thresholds.

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What is ROC-AUC?

ROC-AUC measures how well a classifier ranks positives ahead of negatives across decision thresholds.

  • Threshold-independent ranking view
  • Useful for comparing classifiers
  • Can mislead on highly imbalanced data

What is ROC-AUC?