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> 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
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
>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
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