 Gaussian Bayes classifier (source code)

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= Gaussian Bayes classifier

For two <multivariate normal density>[multivariate normal densities], the Bayes log posterior odds are a quadratic polynomial. Equal covariance matrices cancel the quadratic term and give <linear discriminant analysis>; unequal covariance matrices give <quadratic discriminant analysis>.

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