Practice Limitations of Mixture Models - 5.7 | 5. Latent Variable & Mixture Models | Advance Machine Learning
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is non-identifiability in the context of mixture models?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how different formulas can yield the same result.

Question 2

Easy

What must we ensure when using the EM algorithm?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember the metaphor of climbing a hill?

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is a key limitation of mixture models related to parameters?

  • Non-identifiability
  • Gaussianity
  • Local optimality
  • All of the Above

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what complicates the interpretation of results.

Question 2

True or False: Local maxima can result in incorrect clustering solutions.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how climbing a hill works.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Design an experiment to test the impact of varying K on cluster quality in a dataset with known distributions. Explain your methodology.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how to measure 'closeness' among clusters.

Question 2

Analyze a real-world dataset (e.g., customer data) where specifying K was challenging. What approach did you take?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about tools you could use to assess the quality of different clusters.

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