A Gentle Introduction to the Bayes Optimal Classifier - MachineLearningMastery.com

The Bayes Optimal Classifier is a probabilistic model that makes the most probable prediction for a new example. It is described using the Bayes Theorem that provides a principled way for calculati...

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A Gentle Introduction to the Bayes Optimal Classifier - MachineLearningMastery.com

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The Bayes Optimal Classifier is a probabilistic model that makes the most probable prediction for a new example. It is described using the Bayes Theorem that provides a principled way for calculating a conditional probability. It is also closely related to the Maximum a Posteriori: a probabilistic framework referred to as MAP that finds the […]