Evaluation metrics and uncertainty · MLD-1247
Top-k accuracy
The fraction of examples whose true label appears among the k highest-scoring predictions.
Original reference page · detailed expansion pending. Original definitions, examples, notes and citations are preserved below. New examples are illustrative, not benchmark results.
Original example
Evaluate an image classifier's top-five choices.
Original caveat
It differs from retrieval recall when multiple items are relevant.
Context and aliases
Level: Intermediate. Stages: Evaluation · Research.
Tags: ML · DL · SLM · LLM.
Aliases: None recorded.
Related concepts
Original references
- scikit-learn: cross-validation ↗ · Reference link
- Google Machine Learning Glossary ↗ · Consulted
- scikit-learn: evaluation metrics ↗ · Reference link
- Original reference URL ↗