Practice Soft Margin Svm: Embracing Imperfection For Better Generalization (4.2.2)
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Soft Margin SVM: Embracing Imperfection for Better Generalization

Practice - Soft Margin SVM: Embracing Imperfection for Better Generalization

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the primary goal of a Support Vector Machine?

💡 Hint: Think about what SVMs are designed to do in classification tasks.

Question 2 Easy

Define the term 'margin' in the context of SVM.

💡 Hint: Consider what represents the space around the decision boundary.

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Question 1

What does a soft margin SVM allow that a hard margin SVM does not?

Perfect separation of classes
Controlled misclassifications
Higher accuracy on training set

💡 Hint: Think about the flexibility in classification.

Question 2

True or False: A larger 'C' value protects against overfitting.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the balance between fit and generalization.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

How would you adjust the parameters of a soft margin SVM in a scenario where your current model is underfitting?

💡 Hint: Focus on the balance between flexibility and complexity.

Challenge 2 Hard

Consider a classification problem with linearly inseparable data. How may employing the kernel trick change the classification output?

💡 Hint: Think about how high-dimensional transformations affect data structure.

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