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| DOI | 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111630 |
| Explaining the unsuitability of the kappa coefficient in the assessment and comparison of the accuracy of thematic maps obtained by image classification | |
| Foody G.M. | |
| 发表日期 | 2020 |
| ISSN | 00344257 |
| 卷号 | 239 |
| 英文摘要 | The kappa coefficient is not an index of accuracy, indeed it is not an index of overall agreement but one of agreement beyond chance. Chance agreement is, however, irrelevant in an accuracy assessment and is anyway inappropriately modelled in the calculation of a kappa coefficient for typical remote sensing applications. The magnitude of a kappa coefficient is also difficult to interpret. Values that span the full range of widely used interpretation scales, indicating a level of agreement that equates to that estimated to arise from chance alone all the way through to almost perfect agreement, can be obtained from classifications that satisfy demanding accuracy targets (e.g. for a classification with overall accuracy of 95% the range of possible values of the kappa coefficient is −0.026 to 0.900). Comparisons of kappa coefficients are particularly challenging if the classes vary in their abundance (i.e. prevalence) as the magnitude of a kappa coefficient reflects not only agreement in labelling but also properties of the populations under study. It is shown that all of the arguments put forward for the use of the kappa coefficient in accuracy assessment are flawed and/or irrelevant as they apply equally to other, sometimes easier to calculate, measures of accuracy. Calls for the kappa coefficient to be abandoned from accuracy assessments should finally be heeded and researchers are encouraged to provide a set of simple measures and associated outputs such as estimates of per-class accuracy and the confusion matrix when assessing and comparing classification accuracy. © 2020 Elsevier Inc. |
| 英文关键词 | Accuracy; Bias; Chance; Kappa coefficient; Prevalence |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| scopus关键词 | Maps; Remote sensing; Accuracy; Bias; Chance; Kappa coefficient; Prevalence; Image classification; abundance; accuracy assessment; image classification; magnitude; remote sensing; sampling bias; thematic mapping |
| 来源期刊 | Remote Sensing of Environment
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/179458 |
| 作者单位 | School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Foody G.M.. Explaining the unsuitability of the kappa coefficient in the assessment and comparison of the accuracy of thematic maps obtained by image classification[J],2020,239. |
| APA | Foody G.M..(2020).Explaining the unsuitability of the kappa coefficient in the assessment and comparison of the accuracy of thematic maps obtained by image classification.Remote Sensing of Environment,239. |
| MLA | Foody G.M.."Explaining the unsuitability of the kappa coefficient in the assessment and comparison of the accuracy of thematic maps obtained by image classification".Remote Sensing of Environment 239(2020). |
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