Practice - Variational Inference for Latent Variables
Practice Questions
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What is a latent variable?
💡 Hint: Think of examples where you make educated guesses based on available data.
Why do we need variational inference?
💡 Hint: Consider the complexity of direct calculations.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the purpose of variational inference?
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of variational methods.
True or False: KL Divergence is used to measure the similarity between two probability distributions in variational inference.
💡 Hint: Reflect on its role in approximation processes.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a hypothetical study on how variational inference could be applied to topic modeling in a large corpus of customer reviews. Detail the steps involved.
💡 Hint: Think about the specific applications of variational inference in analyzing text.
Suppose you are comparing variational inference with MCMC for your dataset. Discuss the trade-offs in terms of accuracy and computational cost.
💡 Hint: Consider the context in which you need your inference results.
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