Practice Convergence - 5.5.4 | 5. Latent Variable & Mixture Models | Advance Machine Learning
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what we are trying to achieve with the data.

Question 2

Easy

Define convergence in the context of algorithms.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens to the values over time.

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Interactive Quizzes

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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

πŸ’‘ 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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the concept of multiple peaks in a landscape.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what initial assumptions would help kickstart the process accurately.

Question 2

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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider situations in business analytics where modeling accuracy is critical.

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