Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis for Classification Based on Various Prior Probabilities of Groups with an Application to Breath Analysis

K. Cimermanová

doi:10.2478/v10048-009-0023-5

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Receiver Operating Characteristic Analysis for Classification Based on Various Prior Probabilities of Groups with an Application to Breath Analysis

Measurement Science Review

Volume 9 (2009): Issue 5 (October 2009)

By: K. Cimermanová

Open Access

|Nov 2009

Abstract

In this paper we illustrate the influence of prior probabilities of diseases on diagnostic reasoning. For various prior probabilities of classified groups characterized by volatile organic compounds of breath profile, smokers and non-smokers, we constructed the ROC curve and the Youden index with related asymptotic pointwise confidence intervals.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10048-009-0023-5 | Journal eISSN: 1335-8871

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Language: English

Page range: 131 - 133

Published on: Nov 6, 2009

Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Measurement Science

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: Volume open

Keywords:

Breath analysis,

ROC analysis,

confidence intervals,

discriminant analysis,

prior probability

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© 2009 K. Cimermanová, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Measurement Science
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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