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What characteristic is primary in unsupervised learning?
What characteristic is primary in unsupervised learning?
- Labeling data before clustering
- Learning through trial and error
- Analyzing input attributes to form groups (correct)
- Using feedback to improve performance
In what way does modern child learning differ from Adam and Eve's learning?
In what way does modern child learning differ from Adam and Eve's learning?
- Modern learning is based on unlabelled experience.
- Learning today mainly involves social interactions.
- Today’s learning involves labeled items and names. (correct)
- Children today depend more on intuition.
Which of the following is NOT a component of reinforcement learning?
Which of the following is NOT a component of reinforcement learning?
- Feedback loop (correct)
- Environment
- Actions
- Agent
What is a key application of reinforcement learning?
What is a key application of reinforcement learning?
How does clustering in unsupervised learning categorize data?
How does clustering in unsupervised learning categorize data?
What primarily drives the decision-making process in reinforcement learning?
What primarily drives the decision-making process in reinforcement learning?
Which of the following best describes the learning method used by Adam and Eve?
Which of the following best describes the learning method used by Adam and Eve?
What method is highlighted in Google News for grouping items?
What method is highlighted in Google News for grouping items?
What type of problem predicts a continuous value such as the price of a house?
What type of problem predicts a continuous value such as the price of a house?
In the context of supervised learning, what does the term 'supervised' refer to?
In the context of supervised learning, what does the term 'supervised' refer to?
What output class represents a malignant tumor in the breast cancer diagnosis dataset?
What output class represents a malignant tumor in the breast cancer diagnosis dataset?
Which of the following is an example of a classification problem?
Which of the following is an example of a classification problem?
What characterizes data used in unsupervised learning?
What characterizes data used in unsupervised learning?
Which feature would likely NOT be an input attribute in a breast cancer prediction dataset?
Which feature would likely NOT be an input attribute in a breast cancer prediction dataset?
What is the primary goal of regression in machine learning?
What is the primary goal of regression in machine learning?
In predicting the outcome of a cricket match, which approach would be used to classify whether the team will win or lose?
In predicting the outcome of a cricket match, which approach would be used to classify whether the team will win or lose?
Which of the following DOES NOT represent a feature from the breast cancer diagnosis dataset?
Which of the following DOES NOT represent a feature from the breast cancer diagnosis dataset?
When considering a dataset for supervised learning, which of the following is TRUE regarding its attributes?
When considering a dataset for supervised learning, which of the following is TRUE regarding its attributes?
Which of the following best describes the ultimate aim of machine learning?
Which of the following best describes the ultimate aim of machine learning?
What is the main difference between regression and classification in supervised learning?
What is the main difference between regression and classification in supervised learning?
Who coined the term 'machine learning' and provided an early definition?
Who coined the term 'machine learning' and provided an early definition?
Which application of machine learning involves predicting outcomes based on user behavior?
Which application of machine learning involves predicting outcomes based on user behavior?
In what year did Tom Mitchell provide his definition of machine learning?
In what year did Tom Mitchell provide his definition of machine learning?
Which of the following is NOT a recognized application of machine learning?
Which of the following is NOT a recognized application of machine learning?
How does machine learning improve performance according to Mitchell's definition?
How does machine learning improve performance according to Mitchell's definition?
What type of output does a regression problem in supervised learning predict?
What type of output does a regression problem in supervised learning predict?
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Study Notes
Introduction to Machine Learning
- Machine learning is a field of study that enables computers to learn without explicit programming.
- It is used by various companies like Google, Facebook, Instagram, and more for various tasks.
Applications of Machine Learning
- Virtual Personal Assistants: Assistants like Siri and Alexa use machine learning to understand and respond to user queries.
- Traffic Predictions: Machine learning helps predict traffic congestion based on historical data.
- Online Transport Networks: Platforms like Uber and Ola leverage machine learning to optimize routes and pricing.
- Video Surveillance: Machines are trained to identify and track people and objects in videos.
- Media Services: Some media streaming services personalize recommendations based on user viewing history.
- Email Spam and Malware Filtering: Mail providers utilize machine learning to recognize and filter spam and harmful content.
- Online Customer Support: Chatbots powered by machine learning provide automated customer assistance.
- Medicine: Machine learning helps analyze medical images, support diagnosis, and predict patient outcomes.
- Handwriting Recognition: Machines can learn to recognize different handwriting styles and translate them into text.
- Machine Translation: Machine learning algorithms power translation services like Google Translate.
- Computational Biology: Machine learning is used for research and discovery in the field of biology.
- Driverless Cars & Autonomous Helicopters: Machine learning powers the autonomous navigation and decision-making systems of these vehicles.
Defining Machine Learning
- Arthur Samuel (1959) defined machine learning: "The field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed." (informal definition)
- Tom Mitchell (1998) redefined machine learning: "A computer program is said to learn from experience E with respect to some class of tasks T and performance measures P, if its performance at tasks in T, as measured by P, improves with experience E." (formal definition)
Classification of Machine Learning Algorithms
- Supervised Learning
- Unsupervised Learning
- Reinforcement Learning
Supervised Learning
- Supervised learning problems are categorized into:
- Classification: Predicts categorical outcomes (e.g., win/loss in a match).
- Regression: Predicts continuous values (e.g., house prices, student marks).
- Supervised learning involves labeled datasets provided to the algorithm.
Example: Supervised Learning (Breast Cancer Diagnosis)
- Input Attributes: Tumor Size, Age, Mean Perimeter, Mean Area, Mean Smoothness
- Output Attribute: Diagnosis (Benign or Malignant)
- The machine learning model is trained on a set of labeled data, enabling it to learn and predict a new input's diagnosis.
Unsupervised Learning
- Unsupervised learning involves data without labels.
- The algorithm identifies patterns and groups the data based on similarities.
Example: Unsupervised Learning (Learning of Adam and Eve)
- Adam and Eve, upon reaching Earth, grouped objects based on features like animate/non-animate status, color, shape, size, smell, taste, etc.
Example: Unsupervised Learning (Modern Day Child)
- A child learns through labeled objects and names.
Comparison: Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning
- Supervised learning: Data is labeled with desired outputs.
- Unsupervised learning: Data is unlabeled and the algorithm discovers patterns.
Example: Unsupervised Learning (Google News)
- Google News categorizes news stories into clusters based on their content using unsupervised learning.
Reinforcement Learning
- Reinforcement learning involves an agent interacting with an environment through trial and error.
- The agent learns to select actions that maximize rewards.
Components of Reinforcement Learning
- Agent: Learns and makes decisions.
- Environment: The outer world the agent interacts with.
- Actions: The tasks the agent performs.
Examples: Reinforcement Learning
- Self-driving cars from Tesla Motors
- Amazon's Prime Air delivery
- Computer games where the machine plays against a human
- Robot navigation
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