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Top 10 interesting facts about Naive Bayes Classifier.

Dhiraj K
1 min readMar 6, 2019

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  1. Naive Bayes classifier assumes that the features are independent of each other.
  2. Naive Bayes classifier can be trained faster as compared to other classification algorithms.
  3. Naive Bayes classifier model can predict faster as compared to other classification algorithms.
  4. Naive Bayes classifier model can be modified with new training data without having to re build the model.
  5. Naive Bayes classifier model does not involve optimization of a cost function.
  6. Naive Bayes classifier training does not involve epoch.
  7. Naive Bayes classifier model does not involve solving a matrix equation.
  8. When assumptions of independence of features holds , Naive Bayes classifier model performs better than other classifiers.
  9. When assumptions of independence of features holds ,Naive Bayes classifier model needs less training data.
  10. Naive Bayes classifier model performs well in case of categorical input variables compared to numerical input variable.
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Dhiraj K
Dhiraj K

Written by Dhiraj K

Data Scientist & Machine Learning Evangelist. I love transforming data into impactful solutions and sharing my knowledge through teaching. dhiraj10099@gmail.com

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