use max instead of sum

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/spellchecker/src/SpellCorrector.java b/spellchecker/src/SpellCorrector.java
index 475e889..e4086aa 100644
--- a/spellchecker/src/SpellCorrector.java
+++ b/spellchecker/src/SpellCorrector.java
@@ -86,11 +86,10 @@ public class SpellCorrector {
             // add-one smoothing
             p_channel = (correctionCount + 1) / (errorCount + 1);
 
-            // TODO: take the max instead of addition?
-            // Sum the probabilities as independent modifications can result in
-            // the same word ("acess" -> "access" by "a|ac", "e|ce").
+            // while we could sum here, it does not make sense for the
+            // probability. Use the probability of the most likely change type.
             double p = candidates.getOrDefault(word2, 0.0);
-            p += p_channel;
+            p = Math.max(p, p_channel);
 
             candidates.put(word2, p);
         };