Beyond Independence: Conditions for the Optimality of the Simple Bayesian Classifier

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Summary

It is shown that the simple Bayesian classi er (SBC) does not in fact assume attribute independence, and can be optimal even when this assumption is violated by a wide margin, and the previously-assumed region of optimality is a second-order in nitesimal fraction of the actual one.

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Published
1996-01-01
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Computer science, Bayesian probability, Artificial intelligence, Simple (philosophy), Independence (probability theory)

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