Practice Convergence (5.5.4) - Latent Variable & Mixture Models - Advance Machine Learning
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Convergence

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the main goal of the Expectation-Maximization algorithm?

💡 Hint: Think about what we are trying to achieve with the data.

Question 2 Easy

Define convergence in the context of algorithms.

💡 Hint: Consider what happens to the values over time.

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Question 1

What does the E-step in the EM algorithm entail?

Maximizing likelihood
Estimating latent variable probabilities
Computing summary statistics

💡 Hint: Remember what needs to be calculated based on existing data.

Question 2

True or False: The EM algorithm guarantees finding the global maximum.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the concept of multiple peaks in a landscape.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Provide an example of how you would initiate the EM algorithm for a dataset with missing values.

💡 Hint: Think about what initial assumptions would help kickstart the process accurately.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss a potential real-world scenario where using the EM algorithm could yield a poor solution due to convergence issues.

💡 Hint: Consider situations in business analytics where modeling accuracy is critical.

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