Receiver Operator Characteristics

**Semantic type:** Quantitative Concept

**Definition:** Functions that assign the maximum specificity to each value of sensitivity.The method is used for deciding which clinical data are of importance for treatment decisions in a given clinical setting. It comprises computation of the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) functions of the compared sets of data, which are characterized by the non-linear integrals of their ROC functions.

**Synonyms:** - ROC