# A Bayesian Network Classifier that Combines a Finite Mixture Model and a Naive Bayes Model

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.6723 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1301.6723/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 23 Jan 2013.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Gaussian mixture modeling of nodes in Bayesian network according to maximal parental cliques](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2204.09532/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In this paper we present a new Bayesian network model for classification that combines the naive-Bayes (NB) classifier and the finite-mixture (FM) classifier. The resulting classifier aims at relaxing the strong assumptions on which the two component models are based, in an attempt to improve on their classification performance, both in terms of accuracy and in terms of calibration of the estimated probabilities. The proposed classifier is obtained by superimposing a finite mixture model on the set of feature variables of a naive Bayes model. We present experimental results that compare the predictive performance on real datasets of the new classifier with the predictive performance of the NB classifier and the FM classifier.