F1-Score Metric

An F1-Score Metric is a harmonic mean balanced classification metric that can evaluate binary classification performance through precision-recall combination.

• AKA: F-Measure, F1 Measure, F-Score Metric.
• Context:
  • It can typically balance Precision through true positive ratio over predicted positives.
  • It can typically balance Recall through true positive ratio over actual positives.
  • It can typically compute Harmonic Mean through reciprocal averaging formula.
  • It can typically handle Class Imbalance through balanced scoring mechanism.
  • It can typically range from Zero to One through normalized scale.
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  • It can often penalize Extreme Values through harmonic mean properties.
  • It can often provide Single Score Summary through unified metric value.
  • It can often guide Model Selection through performance comparison.
  • It can often support Threshold Tuning through score optimization.
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  • It can range from being a Micro F1-Score Metric to being a Macro F1-Score Metric, depending on its f1-score metric averaging strategy.
  • It can range from being a Binary F1-Score Metric to being a Multi-Class F1-Score Metric, depending on its f1-score metric classification scope.
  • It can range from being a Standard F1-Score Metric to being a Weighted F1-Score Metric, depending on its f1-score metric class importance.
  • It can range from being a Point F1-Score Metric to being a Interval F1-Score Metric, depending on its f1-score metric temporal consideration.
  • It can range from being a Static F1-Score Metric to being a Dynamic F1-Score Metric, depending on its f1-score metric adaptation capability.
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  • It can evaluate Classification Models for f1-score metric performance assessment.
  • It can optimize Decision Thresholds for f1-score metric score maximization.
  • It can compare Detection Systems for f1-score metric relative ranking.
  • It can inform Hyperparameter Tuning for f1-score metric optimization target.
  • It can validate Model Improvements for f1-score metric progress tracking.
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• Example(s):
  • Standard F1-Score Metrics, such as:
    • Binary F1-Score for two-class problems.
    • Micro-Averaged F1-Score aggregating global counts.
    • Macro-Averaged F1-Score averaging class-wise scores.
  • Weighted F1-Score Metrics, such as:
    • Class-Weighted F1-Score with importance factors.
    • Sample-Weighted F1-Score using instance weights.
    • Cost-Sensitive F1-Score incorporating misclassification costs.
  • Extended F1-Score Metrics, such as:
    • F-Beta Score with adjustable precision-recall weight.
    • Delayed F1-Score Metric accounting for temporal tolerance.
    • Hierarchical F1-Score for multi-level classification.
  • Domain-Specific F1-Score Metrics, such as:
    • Information Retrieval F1-Score for document relevance.
    • Medical Diagnosis F1-Score considering clinical significance.
    • Fraud Detection F1-Score balancing false alarms and missed frauds.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Accuracy Metric, which can be misleading with imbalanced classes.
  • AUC-ROC Metric, which evaluates threshold-independent performance.
  • Mean Squared Error, which measures regression errors rather than classification performance.
• See: Classification Metric, Precision Metric, Recall Metric, Harmonic Mean, Performance Metric, Binary Classification Metric, Model Evaluation Metric, Information Retrieval Metric, Detection Performance Metric.

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