SpecificityGoal
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SpecificityGoal
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is an option for ImageIdentify and related functions that defines what specificity of object to seek to identify.
Details

- Possible settings for SpecificityGoal include:
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"Low" favor general categories of objects "High" favor specific kinds of objects s specificity between 0 (lowest) and 1 (highest) - There is typically a tradeoff between accuracy and specificity; higher specificity will normally lead to lower accuracy.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)Summary of the most common use cases
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0k7vxvayb995y-q6nnrw
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Prefer more specific categories:
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0k7vxvayb995y-ycbk2o
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Use SpecificityGoal->0 to get the most general category:
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0k7vxvayb995y-dtsk22
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Wolfram Research (2015), SpecificityGoal, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpecificityGoal.html.
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Wolfram Research (2015), SpecificityGoal, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpecificityGoal.html.
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), SpecificityGoal, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpecificityGoal.html.
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Wolfram Research (2015), SpecificityGoal, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpecificityGoal.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "SpecificityGoal." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpecificityGoal.html.
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Wolfram Language. 2015. "SpecificityGoal." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpecificityGoal.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). SpecificityGoal. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpecificityGoal.html
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Wolfram Language. (2015). SpecificityGoal. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpecificityGoal.html
BibTeX
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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_specificitygoal, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SpecificityGoal}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpecificityGoal.html}", note=[Accessed: 06-June-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_specificitygoal, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SpecificityGoal}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpecificityGoal.html}, note=[Accessed: 06-June-2025
]}