30. Confusion Matrix
Performance evaluation of classification models in artificial intelligence is essential, with the confusion matrix serving as a key tool. It provides a comparative view of predicted versus actual results, enabling the calculation of vital metrics like accuracy, precision, and recall. Understanding these metrics and the proper use of confusion matrices is crucial, especially in scenarios with imbalanced datasets.
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- A confusion matrix evaluates the performance of classification models by comparing predicted results to actual results.
- Key metrics derived from a confusion matrix include accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score.
- Understanding the confusion matrix helps improve model performance and addresses issues such as class bias and imbalanced data.
Key Concepts
- -- Confusion Matrix
- A table that summarizes the performance of a classification algorithm by showing the correct and incorrect predictions categorized by class.
- -- True Positive (TP)
- The number of instances the model correctly predicted as positive.
- -- False Positive (FP)
- The number of instances incorrectly predicted as positive when they are actually negative.
- -- True Negative (TN)
- The number of instances correctly predicted as negative.
- -- False Negative (FN)
- The number of instances incorrectly predicted as negative when they are actually positive.
- -- Accuracy
- A performance metric calculated as the ratio of correctly predicted instances to the total instances.
- -- Precision
- The ratio of true positive predictions to the total predicted positives, indicating the reliability of positive predictions.
- -- Recall
- The ratio of true positives to the total actual positives, indicating the ability of the model to find all positive instances.
- -- F1 Score
- The harmonic mean of precision and recall, used as a single metric to evaluate model performance.
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