On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 16:59, Marc Perkel <m...@perkel.com> wrote: > Yet Another Ninja wrote: >> On 3/3/2009 5:32 PM, Marc Perkel wrote: >> > The important point here is that SA needs to evolve beyond the concept >>> >>> of using addition to compute scores. Ideally there should be more hard >>> coded rule combinations or using baysian statistics to find how rule >>> combinations where the combinations are a more accurate indication than the >>> rules themselves. >>> >>> Anyhow - just throwing this out there for people to chew on and think >>> about. >> >> What you mean in SA languages is to use more meta rules. >> >> > Yes - meta rules is a step in the right direction and I do know SA has that. > What I'm asking is - perhaps there is a way to make an automatic meta rule > generator. Some way to statistically look at rule combinations to generate > meta rules.
yes -- there is at least 1 in the masses subdir, we've used it in the past. (to generate the ADVANCE_FEE_* ruleset iirc) it can be quite dangerous -- if the source rules have any FPs, this can wind up reinforcing the FPs and making them much more serious. that's why we haven't used it more widely. --j.
