[Spambayes] Re: FYI: Java implementation

[Michael Hudson]

Tim Peters <tim.one at comcast.net> writes:

> [Richard Jowsey]
> > I have a very large training corpus, so I'm seeing well-
> > separated distributions of good versus spam probs, with a
> > sprinkling of "unsures" scattered through the middle. An
> > uncertain cutoff at 3 sigma from the means should work, but this
> > notion needs some testing. That chi2 test is definitely on the
> > drawing boards, even if only for comparison purposes...
> 
> Anthony Baxter has some plots of score distributions for Graham-combining,
> Gary-combining and chi-combining here:
> 
>     http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/background.html

I meant to say it when I first looked at that page, but seeing those
plots nearly made my eyeballs fall out.  Why does anyone still use
Graham-combining?

Cheers,
M.