bayesol(1)
NAME
bayesol - a Bayes solution calculator for use with dbacl.
SYNOPSIS
bayesol [-DVNniv] -c riskspec [FILE]... bayesol -V
DESCRIPTION
bayesol is a Bayes solution calculator designed to combine the output of dbacl(1) with a prior distribution and a risk specification, and calculate the optimal Bayesian decision (which minimizes the posterior risk). The risk specification is read from the text file riskspec and must be written in a simple format described below. The dbacl(1) output can either be read from FILE or from STDIN.
EXIT STATUS
On success, bayesol returns a positive integer corresponding to the category with the lowest risk. In case of a problem, bayesol returns zero.
OPTIONS
-c Classify using riskspec. See the section RISK SPECIFICATION.
-i Fully internationalized mode. Forces the use of wide characters
internally, which is necessary in some locales. This incurs a
noticeable performance penalty.
-n Print risk scores for each category. Each score is
(approximately) the logarithm of the expected risk under that
category. The lowest score (ie closest to -infinity) is best,
etc.
-N Print recursive risk scores for each category. Each score is
(approximately) the logarithm of the best score based on the
remaining categories, after the previously best scoring
categories have been removed, and a normalizing factor was
added. A full description is given in the technical report
listed at the end of this manpange. The largest score (ie
closest to +infinity) is best, etc.
-v Verbose mode. Prints to STDOUT the category with minimum
posterior risk. In case several categories are possible, prints
the first category in the order in which they appear in the
categories section of riskpspec.
-D Print debug output. Do not use.
-V Print the program version number and exit.
RISK SPECIFICATION
bayesol needs to read a text file riskspec containing a risk
specification. The format of this text file is as follows
categories { cat1, cat2,..., catN}
prior { p1, p2,..., pN}
loss_matrix {
"regex1" c1 [ formula11, formula12,..., formula1N]
"regex2" c2 [ formula21, formula22,..., formula2N]
.
.
"regexM" cM [ formulaM1, formulaM2,..., formulaMN]
}
In the above, cat1, cat2,..., catN, are category names, p1, p2,..., pN,
are non-negative numbers, regex1, regex2,..., regexM, are (possibly
empty) regular expression strings, c1, c2,..., cM, are instances of the
category names cat1, cat2,..., catN, and the formulas are numbers or
mathematical expressions.
Every category which appears in the categories section must appear at
least once in the loss_matrix section, with an empty "" regular
expression. To construct the actual loss matrix used in the decision
calculations, bayesol selects, for each category appearing in the
categories section, the first row whose regular expression is matched
within FILE or STDIN, or the first row with empty regular expression if
there are no matches.
Each formula can be either a single number, or an algebraic combination
of the operators exp(), log(), +, -, *, /, ^ and parentheses (). The
string "inf" is parsed as the value infinity. Also, the string
"complexity" is recognized, and converted to the complexity for that
category as reported by dbacl(1). Finally, if the corresponding
regular expression contains submatches delimited by parentheses, their
numerical values can be used inside the formulas as the special
variables $1, ..., $9. Note that submatches which aren't numerical are
converted to the value zero.
Case is important. Spaces and newlines can be liberally inserted.
Comments must start with a # and extend to the end of the line.
USAGE
Typically, bayesol is used together with dbacl(1). An invocation looks like this: % dbacl -c one -c two -c three sample.txt -vna | bayesol -c toy.risk -v See /usr/share/doc/dbacl/costs.ps for a description of the algorithm used. See also /usr/share/doc/dbacl/tutorial.html for a more detailed overview.
SOURCE
The source code for the latest version of this program is available at the following locations: http://www.lbreyer.com/gpl.html http://dbacl.sourceforge.net
AUTHOR
Laird A. Breyer <[email protected]>
SEE ALSO
dbacl(1), mailcross(1), mailfoot(1), mailinspect(1), mailtoe(1), regex(7)
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