Re: [PLUG] Spam programs

Tobias DiPasquale <toby@cbcg.net> · 2004年10月22日 10:25:02 -0400

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On Oct 22, 2004, at 9:17 AM, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:

But I'm curious why this should be so. It's usually possible to reach
a decision with more confidence if one has less data. More data adds
nuance to decisions. Why should Bayesian filters (or Markovian or...)
work worse if there's more data?

Your second sentence here explains it quite well ;-) Basically, it 
creates a higher signal-to-noise ratio w/r/t the tokens in your corpus. 
A medium level of solid tokens is much better than a huge array of 
who-knows-what tokens.
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Tobias DiPasquale
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