Re: [SAtalk] Question about the GA...

2003-08-27 Thread Simon Byrnand
> > Simon Byrnand writes: >> I was just thinking about the GA process and although I havn't looked at >> it to see exactly how it works, I was wondering the following >> >> Presumably it starts with a certain scoreset, runs the spam through, >> sees >> what percentage score above 5, then runs t

Re: [SAtalk] Question about the GA...

2003-08-27 Thread Justin Mason
Simon Byrnand writes: > I was just thinking about the GA process and although I havn't looked at > it to see exactly how it works, I was wondering the following > > Presumably it starts with a certain scoreset, runs the spam through, sees > what percentage score above 5, then runs the ham thr

[SAtalk] Question about the GA...(part 2)

2003-08-27 Thread Simon Byrnand
>The biggest problem with a score based system with an abrupt cutoff is the >uncertainty around the threshold. If the GA currently thinks its ok for a >ham to score 4.9 and still be called ham, and a spam to score 5.1 and >still be called spam, its not going to make as much effort to get a >cleaner

[SAtalk] Question about the GA...

2003-08-26 Thread Simon Byrnand
I was just thinking about the GA process and although I havn't looked at it to see exactly how it works, I was wondering the following Presumably it starts with a certain scoreset, runs the spam through, sees what percentage score above 5, then runs the ham through and sees what percentage sco