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An Alternative Approach for Evaluating the Binormal ROC Curve

An Alternative Approach for Evaluating the Binormal ROC Curve

R. Amala, R. Vishnu Vardhan
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 17
ISSN: 1948-5018|EISSN: 1948-5026|EISBN13: 9781466631267|DOI: 10.4018/jgc.2013010101
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Amala, R., and R. Vishnu Vardhan. "An Alternative Approach for Evaluating the Binormal ROC Curve." IJGC vol.4, no.1 2013: pp.1-17. http://doi.org/10.4018/jgc.2013010101

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Amala, R. & Vardhan, R. V. (2013). An Alternative Approach for Evaluating the Binormal ROC Curve. International Journal of Green Computing (IJGC), 4(1), 1-17. http://doi.org/10.4018/jgc.2013010101

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Amala, R., and R. Vishnu Vardhan. "An Alternative Approach for Evaluating the Binormal ROC Curve," International Journal of Green Computing (IJGC) 4, no.1: 1-17. http://doi.org/10.4018/jgc.2013010101

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Abstract

In recent years the ROC curve analysis has got its attention in almost all diversified fields. Basing on the data pattern and its distribution various forms of ROC models have been derived. In this paper, the authors have assumed that the data of two populations (healthy and diseased) follows normal distribution, it is one of the most commonly used forms under parametric approach. The present paper focuses on providing an alternative approach for the tradeoff plot of ROC curve and the computation of AUC using a special function of sigmoid shape called Error function. It is assumed that the test scores of particular biomarker are normally distributed. The entire work has been carried out for providing a new approach for the construction of Binormal ROC curve, which makes use of Error function which can be called as ErROC curve. The summary measure AUC of the resulting ErROC curve has been estimated and defined as ErAUC. The authors have also focused on deriving the expression for obtaining the optimal cut-off point. The new ErROC curve model will provide the true positive rate value at each and every point of false positive rate unlike conventional Binormal ROC model.

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