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by Michele Laurelli

F1 Score

Metric
Definition

The harmonic mean of precision and recall, providing a single balanced metric.

F1 = 2 * (precision * recall) / (precision + recall). Useful for imbalanced datasets. Weighs precision and recall equally.

Examples

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Binary classification evaluation

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Imbalanced datasets

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Medical diagnosis metrics

Michele Laurelli - AI Research & Engineering