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rocLoss: The loss function to maximize area under the ROC curve

Description

The loss function to maximize area under the ROC curve

Usage

rocLoss(x, y)

Arguments

x
matrix of training instances (one instance by row)
y
numeric vector of values in (-1,+1) representing the training labels for each instance in x

Value

a function taking one argument w and computing the loss value and the gradient at point w

References

Teo et al. Bundle Methods for Regularized Risk Minimization JMLR 2010

See Also

bmrm