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.