The Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC) should replace the ROC AUC as the standard metric for assessing binary classification

D Chicco, G Jurman - BioData Mining, 2023 - Springer
Binary classification is a common task for which machine learning and computational
statistics are used, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC …

The coefficient of determination R-squared is more informative than SMAPE, MAE, MAPE, MSE and RMSE in regression analysis evaluation

D Chicco, MJ Warrens, G Jurman - Peerj computer science, 2021 - peerj.com
Regression analysis makes up a large part of supervised machine learning, and consists of
the prediction of a continuous independent target from a set of other predictor variables. The …

The Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC) is more informative than Cohen's Kappa and Brier score in binary classification assessment

D Chicco, MJ Warrens, G Jurman - Ieee Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Even if measuring the outcome of binary classifications is a pivotal task in machine learning
and statistics, no consensus has been reached yet about which statistical rate to employ to …

[Retracted] Breast Tumor Detection and Classification in Mammogram Images Using Modified YOLOv5 Network

A Mohiyuddin, A Basharat, U Ghani… - … methods in medicine, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer incidence has been rising steadily during the past few decades. It is the
second leading cause of death in women. If it is diagnosed early, there is a good possibility …

Deep learning in medicine: Advancing healthcare with intelligent solutions and the future of holography imaging in early diagnosis

A Nazir, A Hussain, M Singh, A Assad - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2024 - Springer
Deep Learning (DL) is currently transforming health services by significantly improving early
cancer diagnosis, drug discovery, protein–protein interaction analysis, and gene editing …

[HTML][HTML] A statistical comparison between Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC), prevalence threshold, and Fowlkes–Mallows index

D Chicco, G Jurman - Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Even if assessing binary classifications is a common task in scientific research, no
consensus on a single statistic summarizing the confusion matrix has been reached so far …

Signature literature review reveals AHCY, DPYSL3, and NME1 as the most recurrent prognostic genes for neuroblastoma

D Chicco, T Sanavia, G Jurman - BioData Mining, 2023 - Springer
Neuroblastoma is a childhood neurological tumor which affects hundreds of thousands of
children worldwide, and information about its prognosis can be pivotal for patients, their …

Ten quick tips for computational analysis of medical images

D Chicco, R Shiradkar - PLoS computational biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Medical imaging is a great asset for modern medicine, since it allows physicians to spatially
interrogate a disease site, resulting in precise intervention for diagnosis and treatment, and …

Introducing image classification efficacies

G Shao, L Tang, H Zhang - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accuracy assessment is essential in all image classification-related fields, ranging from
molecular imaging to earth observation. However, existing accuracy metrics are too …

An invitation to greater use of Matthews correlation coefficient in robotics and artificial intelligence

D Chicco, G Jurman - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Method. To investigate the usage of these three confusion matrix rates in robotics and
artificial intelligence, we performed a search of the Matthews correlation coefficient …