Classifiers identify the class of a new objective, based on knowledge that's been extracted from a series of samples (dataset). Starting from a dataset, a classifier extracts a model, which is then used to classify the new instances. Examples of classifiers are as follows:
- The texts classifier: This classifier is able to say whether a piece of text is relevant to a pre-established topic, based only on the terms that appear
- The image classifier: This is a classifier that, given some points of a simple drawing, is able to reconstruct the underlying pattern
- The medical classifier: This is a classifier that, from a sufficient amount of clinical data, is able to find out whether a patient is suffering from a certain disease, or what the severity of the disease is
Therefore, the classifier is a system with some characteristics that allow you...