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Statistical Classification

toncho11 edited this page Oct 24, 2022 · 4 revisions

Types of models

3 categories:

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3
Generative model Discriminative model Discriminative without probabilistic model
Generative learning Conditional learning Discriminative learning

Alternatively 2 categories where the second and the third are called "Desciminative". It seems this second classification is more often used.

Type 1 Type 2
Generative model Discriminative model
Generative classifiers (joint distribution) Discriminative classifiers (conditional distribution or no distribution)

It seems that more often the two are

Examples

Type Examples
Generative model GAN