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An existing system - AISEC - which categorises email as interesting or uninteresting using an immune-inspired algorithm is implemented as a plug-in to Outlook to allow seamless user testing. Experiments are performed with a new, large data set to validate previous published results. We show comparable results can be obtained on different data-sets if the system parameters are correctly tuned; the algorithm is particularly sensitive to certain parameters. Some flaws in the original algorithm are identified; a modification is proposed to the learning process of the algorithm and to the mutation operator. Tests with the modified algorithm in a number of scenarios in which users’ interests frequently change show the improved algorithm is capable of continuously adapting to achieve high classification accuracy and can accurately track changes in user interests. The improvements are statistically significant when compared to the original system.
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Prattipati, N., Hart, E. (2008). Evaluation and Extension of the AISEC Email Classification System. In: Bentley, P.J., Lee, D., Jung, S. (eds) Artificial Immune Systems. ICARIS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5132. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85072-4_14
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