5.2 - Support Vector Machines (SVM)
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Practice Questions
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What is the goal of SVM?
💡 Hint: Think about how different classes can be separated.
What is a hyperplane?
💡 Hint: It’s a boundary in multidimensional space.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does SVM stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about the purpose of the technique.
Is the kernel trick used primarily for linearly separable data?
💡 Hint: What types of data does SVM handle?
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Challenge Problems
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Suppose you have a dataset with 1000 samples, and you apply an SVM with a polynomial kernel. What factors would you consider to optimize the model?
💡 Hint: Think about how these parameters affect model training.
Describe how SVM can be applied in a real-world scenario, such as image classification. What steps would you take?
💡 Hint: Recall the steps in a machine learning pipeline.
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