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No. Peter Norvig found a particular instance where a formula motivated by Bayes' theorem worked even better when the formula was changed. The altered formula do
by johndcook 14y ago
No. Peter Norvig found a particular instance where a formula motivated by Bayes' theorem worked even better when the formula was changed. The altered formula doesn't have a theoretical basis, but it seems to work.
- Evbn 14y agoComments on the blog post give the theoretical basis: correcting for incorrect assumptions of independence.