When is the mode functional the Bayes classifier?

Published 28 Apr 2017 in math.ST and stat.TH | (1704.08979v1)

Abstract: In classification problems, the mode of the conditional probability distribution, i.e., the most probable category, is the Bayes classifier under zero-one or misclassification loss. Under any other cost structure, the mode fails to persist.

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Tilmann Gneiting

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