Nature

Estimation of haplotype associated with several quantitative phenotypes based on maximization of area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve

An algorithm for estimating haplotypes associated with several quantitative phenotypes is proposed. The concept of a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was introduced, and a linear ...
Nature

Receiver operating characteristic analysis of body mass index to detect increased risk of functional morbidity in Vietnamese rural adults

Objective: To assess the performance of low BMI, and define optimal BMI cut-off values in order to detect fever-associated adult morbidity. Design: A cohort study of adults between 18 and 60 y in ...
JSTOR Daily

Combining Predictors for Classification Using the Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve

No single biomarker for cancer is considered adequately sensitive and specific for cancer screening. It is expected that the results of multiple markers will need to be combined in order to yield ...
JSTOR Daily

Stratification in Nonparametric ROC Studies

In many clinical experiments it is clear that external factors can affect the performance of diagnostic tests as these factors influence the distributions of separator variables. The authors ...
EurekAlert!

Neyman-Pearson Classification Algorithms and NP Receiver Operating Characteristics

video: Animation of the Neyman-Pearson classifciation and its application to disease diagnosis. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 2, 2018, issue of Science Advances, published ...