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Table 1 Equations used to assess performance of machine learning algorithms

From: Machine learning algorithms for systematic review: reducing workload in a preclinical review of animal studies and reducing human screening error

Sensitivity or recall

TP/(TP + FN)

Specificity

TN/(TN + FP)

Precision

TP/(TP + FP)

Accuracy

(TP + TN)/(TP + FP + FN + TN)

WSS@95%

((TN + FN)/N) – (1.0 – 0.95)

Positive likelihood ratio (LR+)

(Sensitivity)/(1-specificity)

  1. Sensitivity, specificity, precision, accuracy and WSS@95% equations from [5]. Positive likelihood ratio equation from [45]