UNI

T-6

CLASSI
FICATI
ON-I
I

6.
1Bayesi
anCl
assi
fi
ers
• I
nmanyappl i
cat
ionsther
elat
ionshi
pbet
weent
heat
tr
ibut
esetandt
hecl
ass
var
iabl
eisnon-deter
mini
sti
c.

• I
notherwor ds,thecl
asslabelofat
estr
ecordcannotbepr
edict
edwith
cert
aint
yevent houghit
sattr
ibut
eseti
sident
ical
tosomeofthetr
aini
ng
examples.

• Thi
ssit
uat
ionmayari
sebecauseofnoi
sydataorthepresenceofcer
tai
n
conf
oundi
ngfact
orst
hataff
ectcl
assi
fi
cat
ionbutarenotincl
udedint
he
anal
ysi
s.

• Bayesiancl
assi
fi
erspr
esent
sanapproachf
ormodel
i
ngpr obabi
l
ist
ic
rel
ati
onshi
psbetweentheat
tri
but
esetandt
hecl
assvar
iable.

6.
1.1 BayesTheor
em
6.
1.2 Usi
ngt
heBayesTheor
em f
orCl
assi
fi
cat
ion

LetX
6.
1.3
Exampl
eofNaï
veBayesCl
assi
fi
er
6.
1.4