Practice Hard Margin Svm: The Ideal (and Often Unrealistic) Scenario (4.2.1) - Supervised Learning - Classification Fundamentals (Weeks 6)
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Hard Margin SVM: The Ideal (and Often Unrealistic) Scenario

Practice - Hard Margin SVM: The Ideal (and Often Unrealistic) Scenario

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a hyperplane in the context of SVM?

💡 Hint: Think about how classes are divided in space.

Question 2 Easy

What does hard margin SVM aim to achieve?

💡 Hint: Consider what it means to separate classes flawlessly.

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Question 1

What is the goal of hard margin SVM?

To maximize margin with no misclassifications
To allow some misclassifications
To create a non-linear boundary

💡 Hint: Recall the definition and goals of hard margin.

Question 2

True or False: Hard margin SVM can handle overlapping data well.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider why the model is strict in its classification.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider a dataset where classes overlap heavily and contain multiple outliers. Discuss how a hard margin SVM would perform in this situation and suggest an alternative model.

💡 Hint: Think about flexibility versus rigidity in classifiers.

Challenge 2 Hard

Imagine you are tasked with classifying a dataset representing customer feedback with both positive and negative sentiments. Discuss the implications of using hard margin SVM.

💡 Hint: Reflect on real-world data complexities.

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