ToolIFBase: ToolIFBase

In prcbench: Testing Workbench for Precision-Recall Curves

ToolIFBase

Description

Base class of performance evaluation tools.

Format

An R6 class object

Details

ToolIFBase is an abstract class to provide a uniform interface for performance evaluation tools.

Methods

Public methods

• ToolIFBase$new()

• ToolIFBase$call()

• ToolIFBase$get_toolname()

• ToolIFBase$set_toolname()

• ToolIFBase$get_setname()

• ToolIFBase$set_setname()

• ToolIFBase$get_result()

• ToolIFBase$get_x()

• ToolIFBase$get_y()

• ToolIFBase$get_auc()

• ToolIFBase$print()

• ToolIFBase$clone()

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ToolIFBase$new()

Default class initialization method.

Usage

ToolIFBase$new(...)

Arguments

...

set value for setname, calc_auc, store_res, x, y.

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ToolIFBase$call()

It calls the tool to calculate precision-recall curves.

Usage

ToolIFBase$call(testset, calc_auc, store_res)

Arguments

testset

R6 object generated by the create_testset function.

calc_auc

A Boolean value to specify whether the AUC score should be calculated.

store_res

A Boolean value to specify whether the calculated curve is retrieved and stored.

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ToolIFBase$get_toolname()

Get the name of the tool.

Usage

ToolIFBase$get_toolname()

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ToolIFBase$set_toolname()

Set the name of the tool.

Usage

ToolIFBase$set_toolname(toolname)

Arguments

toolname

Name of the tool.

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ToolIFBase$get_setname()

Get the name of the tool set.

Usage

ToolIFBase$get_setname()

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ToolIFBase$set_setname()

Set the name of the tool set.

Usage

ToolIFBase$set_setname(setname)

Arguments

setname

Name of the tool set.

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ToolIFBase$get_result()

Get a list with curve values and the AUC score.

Usage

ToolIFBase$get_result()

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ToolIFBase$get_x()

Get calculated recall values.

Usage

ToolIFBase$get_x()

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ToolIFBase$get_y()

Get calculated precision values.

Usage

ToolIFBase$get_y()

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ToolIFBase$get_auc()

Get tne AUC score.

Usage

ToolIFBase$get_auc()

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ToolIFBase$print()

Pretty print of the tool interface

Usage

ToolIFBase$print(...)

Arguments

...

Not used.

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ToolIFBase$clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

ToolIFBase$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

See Also

ToolROCR, ToolAUCCalculator, ToolPerfMeas, ToolPRROC, Toolprecrec, Toolyardstick, and Toolsklearn are derived from this class. create_toolset for creating a list of tools.

prcbench documentation built on Sept. 26, 2026, 5:06 p.m.