AI Glossary

Area under the ROC curve

Also called AUROC, ROC AUC

What does “Area under the ROC curve” mean?

Area under the ROC curve: The area under a ROC curve, commonly used to summarize how well scores rank positives above negatives.

Area under the ROC curve visual guide: The area under a ROC curve, commonly used to summarize how well scores rank positives above negatives.
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What is an example of “Area under the ROC curve”?

An analyst compares two fraud models across thresholds using AUROC.

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