What the F-measure doesn't measure: Features, Flaws, Fallacies and Fixes

03/22/2015
by   David M. W. Powers, et al.
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The F-measure or F-score is one of the most commonly used single number measures in Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning, but it is based on a mistake, and the flawed assumptions render it unsuitable for use in most contexts! Fortunately, there are better alternatives.

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