Practice Expectation-Maximization (EM) Algorithm - 5.5 | 5. Latent Variable & Mixture Models | Advance Machine Learning
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What are the two main steps of the EM algorithm?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the actions performed in each step.

Question 2

Easy

Define a latent variable.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what is hidden or not visible.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does the E-step of the EM algorithm involve?

  • Maximizing log-likelihood
  • Estimating posterior probabilities
  • Updating model parameters

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what the algorithm does in the first part.

Question 2

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

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the nature of optimization.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Using the EM algorithm, suppose you need to analyze a dataset with missing values. Discuss how the E and M steps would be applied in your analysis.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how missing data influences the estimation process.

Question 2

Design a brief experiment to test different initialization parameters in the EM algorithm applied to a GMM. What outcomes would you expect and how would you analyze them?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Experiment with different starting points for optimization.

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