Receiver operating characteristic curves with an indeterminacy zone

This work extends Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve to the situation where some cases, falling in an intermediate "indeterminacy zone" of the predictor, are not classified. It addresses two challenges: definition of sensitivity and specificity bounds for this case; and summarization of the large number of possibilities arising from different choices of indeterminacy zones.

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