Discriminative Model

Definition

Discriminative models focus on modeling the decision boundary between different classes rather than modeling the underlying distribution of the data itself; they are often more efficient for classification tasks compared to generative models.

When Discriminative Model is used

Support Vector Machines (SVM)

Which positions need this?

Data Scientists

Problem

Inefficiency in classifying overlapping classes.

Example of how Discriminative Model is used in AI

An SVM is used in a spam detection system where it learns from labeled emails (spam/not spam) to classify incoming messages accurately based on their features.