Probabilistic Classification
In probabilistic classification problems, the label space ⚠ $\mathbf{Y}$
is finite and Forecaster is required to output a probability measure on ⚠ $\mathbf{Y}$
. In binary classification problems, the size of ⚠ $\mathbf{Y}$
is 2; usually, ⚠ $\mathbf{Y}=\{0,1\}$
or ⚠ $\mathbf{Y}=\{-1,1\}$
, and a forecast can be interpreted as a number in the interval ⚠ ${[0,1]}$
(the predicted probability of the outcome 1).
An example of forecasting strategies for probabilistic classification is various Venn predictors.