A system and method for personalizing an information classifier is provided.
The
system includes a default or universal classifier that is pre-trained with features
that have relatively universal discriminatory relationships for multiple people
and that is operable to produce a measure that a message is classified as having
one of several characteristics. The system further includes a second classifier
that is constructed and personalized through via a more general search through
the space of potentially discriminatory features. The second classifier, after
personalization, is intended to classify information at a level exceeding that
of the first classifier based on the specific preferences, habits, and desires
of the user who personalizes the second classifier. The system further includes
a weighting component that facilitates a combining component producing an integrated
measure based on input from both the first classifier and the second classifier.
