A. Appendix A A.1. Proof of Theorem 1 The proof is by contradiction. Fix a distribution P satisfying conditional independence, and let x denote a fixed set of instances. Denote P(Y = 1|xi) = ηi and the optimal classifier by s∗ ∈ {0, 1}n. Suppose there exist indices j, k such that sj = 1, sk = 0 and ηj < ηk. Let s′ ∈ {0, 1}n be such that sj = 0 and sk = 1, but identical to s∗ otherwise i.e. si =...

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The views expressed in this article by Tuong Nhu Che do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Author Contributions: TK designed the algorithm to solve the problem, performed the research and helped write the article, RQG performed the research, and designed and helped write the article, TNC performed the research and helped analyze th...

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