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Table.3 Performance characteristics of the boosted tree models: area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for six binary slaughterhouse response variables

From: Adding value to food chain information: using data on pig welfare and antimicrobial use on-farm to predict meat inspection outcomes

Predicted variable

Train dataset AUC

(95% CI)

Test dataset AUC

(95% CI)

Pneumonia

0.62 (0.59–0.66)

0.54 (0.45–0.63)

Dorsocaudal pleurisy

0.66 (0.61–0.71)

0.66 (0.60–0.71)

Cranial pleurisy

0.62 (0.58–0.68)

0.60 (0.54–0.64)

Pericarditis

0.65 (0.61–0.70)

0.60 (0.55–0.63)

Partial and total condemnations

0.72 (0.63–0.80)

0.66 (0.48–0.84)

Low cold carcass weight

0.77 (0.73–0.81)

0.67 (0.61–0.72)