Bayesian spam filtering is based on Bayes rule, a statistical theorem that gives you the probability of an event. Bayesian filtering is used to give you the probability that a certain email is spam. 2 ...
The Rev. Thomas Bayes (1702-1761) is best known for his paper published posthumously in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London in 1763 titled “Essay Towards Solving a Problem in ...