Title
Two information-theoretic tools to assess the performance of multi-class classifiers
Abstract
We develop two tools to analyze the behavior of multiple-class, or multi-class, classifiers by means of entropic measures on their confusion matrix or contingency table. First we obtain a balance equation on the entropies that captures interesting properties of the classifier. Second, by normalizing this balance equation we first obtain a 2-simplex in a three-dimensional entropy space and then the de Finetti entropy diagram or entropy triangle. We also give examples of the assessment of classifiers with these tools.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1016/j.patrec.2010.05.017
Pattern Recognition Letters
Keywords
Field
DocType
three-dimensional entropy space,confusion matrix,information-theoretic tool,contingency table,multi-class classifier,balance equation,de finetti diagram,entropy triangle,performance measure,interesting property,entropic measure,three dimensional
Information theory,Confusion matrix,De Finetti diagram,Random subspace method,Diagram,Contingency table,Balance equation,Artificial intelligence,Classifier (linguistics),Mathematics,Machine learning
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
31
12
Pattern Recognition Letters
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.53
9
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Francisco J. Valverde-Albacete111620.84
Carmen Peláez-moreno213022.07