Two ways to train a set of class-specific
generative models
Discriminative approach
Train all of the
parameters of both
models to maximize the
probability of getting the
labels right.
Generative approach Train
each model separately to fit
the input vectors of that class.
Different models can be
trained on different cores.
It is easy to add a new
class without retraining all
the other classes
These are significant
advantages when the models
are harder to train than the
simple linear models
considered here.