Table 3 Comparison of Naive Bayes classifier and alternative approach: marginal probability of class variable = 0.7
Model | Number of predictors | Sample size | Sensitivity | Specificity | Positive predictive value | Negative predictive value | Precision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NB | 5 | 500 | 85.99 | 38.59 | 75.81 | 56.38 | 75.81 |
AODE | 5 | 500 | 88.17 | 35.32 | 75.27 | 58.62 | 75.27 |
TAN | 5 | 500 | 87.08 | 37.15 | 75.6 | 57.46 | 75.6 |
NB-BLCA (EM) | 5 | 500 | 89.84 | 33.82 | 75.17 | 60.56 | 75.17 |
NB | 5 | 1000 | 85.99 | 38.65 | 75.8 | 56.26 | 75.8 |
AODE | 5 | 1000 | 88.21 | 34.98 | 75.16 | 58.03 | 75.16 |
TAN | 5 | 1000 | 87.06 | 36.96 | 75.51 | 57.09 | 75.51 |
NB-BLCA (EM) | 5 | 1000 | 90.06 | 32.09 | 74.67 | 59.26 | 74.67 |
NB | 5 | 2000 | 85.87 | 38.67 | 75.76 | 56.05 | 75.76 |
AODE | 5 | 2000 | 88.22 | 34.61 | 75.04 | 57.96 | 75.04 |
TAN | 5 | 2000 | 87.02 | 36.75 | 75.43 | 56.9 | 75.43 |
NB-BLCA (EM) | 5 | 2000 | 90.41 | 30.56 | 74.27 | 58.84 | 74.27 |
NB | 10 | 500 | 86.26 | 50.37 | 79.44 | 62.46 | 79.44 |
AODE | 10 | 500 | 87.23 | 50.59 | 79.69 | 64.24 | 79.69 |
TAN | 10 | 500 | 86.77 | 50.72 | 79.65 | 63.5 | 79.65 |
NB-BLCA (EM) | 10 | 500 | 90.28 | 66.73 | 85.82 | 75.7 | 85.82 |
NB | 10 | 1000 | 86.5 | 49.01 | 79.13 | 62.06 | 79.13 |
AODE | 10 | 1000 | 87.23 | 48.7 | 79.16 | 63.2 | 79.16 |
TAN | 10 | 1000 | 86.71 | 49.01 | 79.17 | 62.41 | 79.17 |
NB-BLCA (EM) | 10 | 1000 | 89.47 | 59.65 | 83.24 | 71.79 | 83.24 |
NB | 10 | 2000 | 86.39 | 48.7 | 78.99 | 61.76 | 78.99 |
AODE | 10 | 2000 | 87.09 | 48.07 | 78.92 | 62.68 | 78.92 |
TAN | 10 | 2000 | 86.56 | 48.51 | 78.96 | 61.96 | 78.96 |
NB-BLCA (EM) | 10 | 2000 | 89.05 | 54.23 | 81.29 | 68.98 | 81.29 |
NB | 20 | 500 | 88.79 | 59.25 | 83.13 | 70.11 | 83.13 |
AODE | 20 | 500 | 89.44 | 62.7 | 84.44 | 72.5 | 84.44 |
TAN | 20 | 500 | 89.25 | 60.34 | 83.58 | 71.37 | 83.58 |
NB-BLCA (EM) | 20 | 500 | 99.4 | 98.97 | 99.54 | 98.67 | 99.54 |
NB | 20 | 1000 | 88.62 | 57.86 | 82.58 | 69.35 | 82.58 |
AODE | 20 | 1000 | 88.95 | 59.71 | 83.27 | 70.62 | 83.27 |
TAN | 20 | 1000 | 88.74 | 58.05 | 82.66 | 69.64 | 82.66 |
NB-BLCA (EM) | 20 | 1000 | 98.76 | 97.65 | 98.95 | 97.24 | 98.95 |
NB | 20 | 2000 | 88.65 | 57.45 | 82.45 | 69.21 | 82.45 |
AODE | 20 | 2000 | 88.82 | 58.48 | 82.83 | 69.91 | 82.83 |
TAN | 20 | 2000 | 88.66 | 57.45 | 82.45 | 69.23 | 82.45 |
NB-BLCA (EM) | 20 | 2000 | 97.94 | 95.63 | 98.06 | 95.38 | 98.06 |