
A Unique Way Of Visualising Confusion Matrix — Sankey Chart
Last Updated on July 26, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Hrishikesh Patel
Originally published on Towards AI.
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A confusion matrix in machine learning conveniently summarizes a model’s performance. However, when communicating with non-technical stakeholders, the confusion matrix might seem unintuitive U+1F914. So what’s the fix — create a Sankey diagram.
Sankey diagram representing a binary confusion matrix (image by the author
The above image illustrates the Sankey diagram for a typical binary confusion matrix. In the diagram,
The rectangle boxes on the left show True classes whereas the right counterparts show Predicted classes.The green color highlights correct classifications and the red color is for misclassifications.What’s a… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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