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Laplace smoothing (also known as additive smoothing) is a technique associated with a probability regularisation task. It ensures that certain improbable outcomes are still associated with a minimum probability of occurrence.

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Naive Bayes with Laplace Smoothing Probabilities Not Adding Up

The correct equation for $P(w|c)$ should instead be $P(w|c)= \frac{count(w,c)+1}{count(c)+|V|}$ assuming that there are $V$ words in class $c$. If you make this correction, all your probabilities ad …
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