Table 2. Performance of the estrus detection models developed by three machine learning algorithms (random forest, RF; artificial neural network, ANN; and support vector machine, SVM) on 34 estrous cycles.
| Machine learning algorithm | True positive | False positive | False negative | Sensitivity (%) | Precision (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RF | 20 | 13 | 14 | 58.8 | 60.6 |
| ANN | 19 | 7 | 15 | 55.9 | 73.1 |
| SVM | 17 | 9 | 17 | 50.0 | 65.4 |
Sensitivity and precision were calculated as true-positive/(true-positive + false-negative) and true-positive/(true-positive + false-positive), respectively. Sensitivities and precisions of the three estrus detection models were not statistically different (Fisher’s exact test and generalized score statistic, respectively).