Nonparametric confidence intervals for receiver operating characteristic curves

Hall, Peter; Hyndman, Rob; Fan, Yanan

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Nonparametric confidence intervals for receiver operating characteristic curves

Date

2004

Authors

Hall, Peter

Hyndman, Rob

Fan, Yanan

Publisher

Biometrika Trust

Abstract

We study methods for constructing confidence intervals and confidence bands for estimators of receiver operating characteristics. Particular emphasis is placed on the way in which smoothing should be implemented, when estimating either the characteristic