The mean subjective utility score, a novel metric for cost-sensitive classifier evaluation

Authors:
Ross A. McDonald
Affiliations:
Centre for Operational Research, Management Science and Information Systems (CORMSIS) and Centre for Proteomic Research (CPR), School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Biomedical ...
Venue:
Pattern Recognition Letters
Year:
2006

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Abstract

A simple solution is proposed to the problem of conveying a classifier's performance to a universal standard when misclassification costs are not equal. An application of this metric in the field of boosting is briefly described.