A Model-Agnostic Algorithm for Bayes Error Determination in Binary Classification

This paper presents the intrinsic limit determination algorithm (ILD Algorithm), a novel technique to determine the best possible performance, measured in terms of the AUC (area under the ROC curve) and accuracy, that can be obtained from a specific dataset in a binary classification problem with ca...

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Auteurs principaux: Umberto Michelucci, Michela Sperti, Dario Piga, Francesca Venturini, Marco A. Deriu
Format: article
Langue:EN
Publié: MDPI AG 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/add5c84becaa4f53811e8bb6d2edb647
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Résumé:This paper presents the intrinsic limit determination algorithm (ILD Algorithm), a novel technique to determine the best possible performance, measured in terms of the AUC (area under the ROC curve) and accuracy, that can be obtained from a specific dataset in a binary classification problem with categorical features regardless of the model used. This limit, namely, the Bayes error, is completely independent of any model used and describes an intrinsic property of the dataset. The ILD algorithm thus provides important information regarding the prediction limits of any binary classification algorithm when applied to the considered dataset. In this paper, the algorithm is described in detail, its entire mathematical framework is presented and the pseudocode is given to facilitate its implementation. Finally, an example with a real dataset is given.