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This function computes the true positive rate. It is also known as recall, sensitivity, probability of detection, power, hit rate (1 - FNR).

Usage

TPR(TP, TN, FP, FN)

Arguments

TP

number of true positives

TN

number of true negatives

FP

number of false positives

FN

number of false negatives

Value

A numeric value, the true positive rate.

Details

The true positive rate measures the ability of a classifier of correctly predicting the presence of a condition. It is defined as

$$sensitivity = recall = \textit{true positive rate} (TPR) = \frac{TP}{P} = \frac{TP}{TP + FN} = 1 - FNR$$

The optimal value is 1 and the worst value is 0.

Author

Alessandro Barberis