# Naive-Bayesian-style probability combining and related constants.
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# this package is a no-op; the real impl code is in another pkg.
package Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes::CombineNaiveBayes; 1;
# Force into another package, so our symbols will appear in that namespace with
# no indirection, for speed. Other combiners must do the same, since Bayes.pm
# uses this namespace directly. This means only one combiner can be loaded at
# any time.
package Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes::Combine;
use strict;
use warnings;
use bytes;
###########################################################################
# Value for 'x' in Gary Robinson's f(w) equation.
# "Let x = the number used when n [hits] is 0."
our $FW_X_CONSTANT = 0.600;
# Value for 's' in the f(w) equation. "We can see s as the "strength" (hence
# the use of "s") of an original assumed expectation ... relative to how
# strongly we want to consider our actual collected data." Low 's' means
# trust collected data more strongly.
our $FW_S_CONSTANT = 0.160;
# (s . x) for the f(w) equation.
our $FW_S_DOT_X = ($FW_X_CONSTANT * $FW_S_CONSTANT);
# Should we ignore tokens with probs very close to the middle ground (.5)?
# tokens need to be outside the [ .5-MPS, .5+MPS ] range to be used.
our $MIN_PROB_STRENGTH = 0.430;
###########################################################################
# Combine probabilities using Gary Robinson's naive-Bayesian-style
# combiner
sub combine {
my ($ns, $nn, $sortedref) = @_;
my $wc = scalar @$sortedref;
return unless $wc;
my $P = 1;
my $Q = 1;
foreach my $pw (@$sortedref) {
$P *= (1-$pw);
$Q *= $pw;
}
$P = 1 - ($P ** (1 / $wc));
$Q = 1 - ($Q ** (1 / $wc));
return (1 + ($P - $Q) / ($P + $Q)) / 2.0;
}
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