
Naive Bayes is a well known and studied algorithm both in statistics and machine learning. Bayesian learning algorithms represent each concept with a single probabilistic summary. In this paper we present an iterative approach to naive Bayes. The iterative Bayes begins with the distribution tables built by the naive Bayes. Those tables are iteratively updated in order to improve the probability class distribution associated with each training example. Experimental evaluation of Iterative Bayes on 27 benchmark datasets shows consistent gains in accuracy. Moreover, the update schema can take costs into account turning the algorithm cost sensitive. Unlike stratification, it is applicable to any number of classes and to arbitrary cost matrices. An interesting side effect of our algorithm is that it shows to be robust to attribute dependencies.
Naive Bayes, Pattern recognition, speech recognition, Learning and adaptive systems in artificial intelligence, Computational learning theory, Iterative optimization, supervised machine learning, Supervised machine learning, iterative optimization, naive Bayes, Theoretical Computer Science, Computer Science(all)
Naive Bayes, Pattern recognition, speech recognition, Learning and adaptive systems in artificial intelligence, Computational learning theory, Iterative optimization, supervised machine learning, Supervised machine learning, iterative optimization, naive Bayes, Theoretical Computer Science, Computer Science(all)
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