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I find that having a bayes classifier handy can help a lot with categorizing documents or text. I manually keep track of my bank accounts using a spreadsheet, a
by jrgnsd 11y ago
I find that having a bayes classifier handy can help a lot with categorizing documents or text. I manually keep track of my bank accounts using a spreadsheet, and I started using a classifier to automatically categorize the transaction. It's quite a time saver.
- Pamar 11y agoCan you explain what you use as categorization elements?
- jrgnsd 11y agoYou train your own set by posting the document and the classification / category to the service. The training set is then used to calculate the prior probabilities needed by Bayes theorem. Once you have a proper training set, you can post a document to the service and it will return a list of probable categories from the training set. Your set might look something like this: Category - Document negative - I don't like ice cream positive - That's an awesome idea neutral - The wind is blowing today positive - We won! You'll get a categorization of either positive, negative or neutral.
- Pamar 11y agoYes, well - I understand the general theory, but I don't understand how it applies to managing your bank account. I do manage my bank account, but I don't see any need for an "classifier": when I input (or check) a supermarket bill I don't need much help in setting it to "GROCERIES". Basically anything that gets into my accounting files it's either something I know already what is about, or else something I need to investigate (e.g.: a speed ticket from a foreign country, routed to my credit card by the car rental company).