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Appendix B Glossary
Pages 126-128

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... A detector reading suggesting the absence of an explosive or explosive devices when explosives are, in fact, present. The probability of observing a false negative is referred to as the "false-negative probability" or "false-negative rate." False Positive.
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... The item being analyzed is neither disturbed nor subjected to external manipulation to collect data. Examples include collecting images (e.g., thermal infrared or terahertz)
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... A detector reading suggesting the absence of explosives or explosive devices when no explosives are present. The probability of observing a true negative is referred to as the true negative rate or true negative fraction.


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