A hybrid discretization method for naïve Bayesian classifiers

Pattern Recognition

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2321-2325

  Wong, Tzu Tsung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hybrid discretization; Na ve Bayesian classifier; Nonparametric measure

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN CLASSIFIER; CONTINUOUS ATTRIBUTE; DATA SETS; DISCRETE ATTRIBUTES; DISCRETIZATION METHOD; DISCRETIZATIONS; HYBRID METHOD; NON-PARAMETRIC; PREDICTION ACCURACY;

VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

EID: 84857039718     PISSN: 00313203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patcog.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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