Homework 6 - Bayesian Spam Filters

Evolution and Learning in Computational and Robotic Agents
MSE 2400   Dr. Tom Way

Assignment

• Watch the videos Naive Bayes classification and Naive Bayesian Spam Classifier with Hadoop and EC2.
• Read the article Bayesian spam filters use math that works like magic.
• Write a very concise paragraph explaining how Bayesian classifiers are used for spam filtering. Include a suggestion on how spammers could defeat the classifer.

Worth

• 50 points

Due

• Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 11:59pm, or sooner

How to hand in

• Email: Send your write-up to thomas.way@villanova.edu.