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What are the three key components of the essence of machine learning?
What are the three key components of the essence of machine learning?
Machine learning is a narrow field that only focuses on practical applications.
Machine learning is a narrow field that only focuses on practical applications.
False (B)
What was the prize offered by Netflix for improving its movie recommendation system?
What was the prize offered by Netflix for improving its movie recommendation system?
$1 million
To rate a movie, we can describe a viewer as a vector of _______________ (e.g. demographics, preferences).
To rate a movie, we can describe a viewer as a vector of _______________ (e.g. demographics, preferences).
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Match the following components of machine learning with their descriptions:
Match the following components of machine learning with their descriptions:
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What is the goal of supervised learning?
What is the goal of supervised learning?
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The perceptron learning algorithm is used in unsupervised learning.
The perceptron learning algorithm is used in unsupervised learning.
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What is the target function in machine learning?
What is the target function in machine learning?
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In the hypothesis set, each hypothesis h is a function that takes input x and produces an output using parameters __________________ and a threshold.
In the hypothesis set, each hypothesis h is a function that takes input x and produces an output using parameters __________________ and a threshold.
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Match the following learning approaches with their descriptions:
Match the following learning approaches with their descriptions:
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The hypothesis set contains candidate functions with different functional forms.
The hypothesis set contains candidate functions with different functional forms.
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What is the purpose of the perceptron learning algorithm?
What is the purpose of the perceptron learning algorithm?
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In supervised learning, the system is trained with data that has clearly labeled __________________.
In supervised learning, the system is trained with data that has clearly labeled __________________.
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What is an example of unsupervised learning?
What is an example of unsupervised learning?
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The manual approach to movie rating prediction is an example of machine learning.
The manual approach to movie rating prediction is an example of machine learning.
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Study Notes
Outline of the Machine Learning Course
- Course covers a wide range of topics from abstract theory to practical applications
- Progression starts with building concepts and theory, then moves to practical aspects
- Some topics intentionally placed earlier to provide tools for testing theoretical ideas
What is Learning?
- Machine learning is broad, covering both abstract theory and practical rules of thumb
- Essence of machine learning has 3 key components:
- Pattern exists in the data
- Data is available to learn from
- Cannot be fully described mathematically
Movie Rating Example
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Netflix offered $1 million prize for 10% improvement in movie recommendation system
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Small improvement can have huge business impact if it makes recommendations more accurate
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To rate a movie:
- Describe viewer as vector of factors (e.g. liking comedy, action, etc.)
- Describe movie as vector of content factors
- Compare viewer and movie vectors to predict rating
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This manual approach is not true machine learning
Learning Approach
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Machine learning reverses the manual process
- Start with random viewer and movie vectors
- Iteratively adjust vectors to match known ratings
- Vectors become meaningful after processing many ratings
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Similar to credit approval problem:
- Input is applicant information (age, income, etc.)
- Output is credit decision (+1 approve, -1 deny)
- Target function mapping input to output is unknown
- Use historical data to learn the target function
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Key components:
- Input data (applicant information)
- Output (credit decision)
- Target function (ideal credit approval formula)
- Use historical data to learn the target function### Background
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The goal is to learn a function that approximates the unknown target function (f) using a given set of data
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The final hypothesis (g) is the function learned by the learning algorithm that aims to approximate f
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The hypothesis set (H) is the set of candidate functions the learning algorithm can choose from
Hypothesis Set
- The hypothesis set (H) contains the candidate functions (h) that have the same functional form
- Each hypothesis h is a function that takes input x and produces an output using parameters w and a threshold
- Adding an artificial input x0 = 1 simplifies the hypothesis function to a dot product of w and x
Perceptron Learning Algorithm
- The perceptron learning algorithm takes the training data and attempts to find the correct weight vector w
- If a data point is misclassified, the algorithm updates w by adding/subtracting the misclassified data point x
- This update rule moves the decision boundary to correctly classify the misclassified point
- The intuition is that the algorithm keeps adjusting w to improve classification of the data
Limitations
- The perceptron learning rule is not a "crazy" rule, but its viability and performance still needs to be evaluated
- The iterative updates of the perceptron algorithm can move the decision boundary to correctly classify the data### Supervised Learning
- Supervised learning involves training a system with data that has clearly labeled outputs, e.g. customer data with their actual credit behavior
- This allows the system to learn the relationship between inputs and outputs, and then apply it to classify new, unlabeled data
- Example: Coin recognition - use size and mass measurements of coins (inputs) with their known denominations (outputs) to train a system to classify new coins
Unsupervised Learning
- In unsupervised learning, the training data has no labeled outputs
- The system must find patterns and structure in the input data on its own
- Example: Coin data with no denomination labels - the system can still cluster the coins into groups based on their measurements, even though it doesn't know what the groups represent
- Unsupervised learning allows discovering higher-level representations of the data, like language models from listening to speech
Reinforcement Learning
- Reinforcement learning involves an agent interacting with an environment and receiving feedback (rewards/penalties) on its actions
- The agent learns an optimal policy by trial-and-error, adjusting its actions based on the feedback
- Example: Learning to play Backgammon - the agent tries different moves, gets feedback on wins/losses, and gradually learns the best strategy through many iterations
- Reinforcement learning is attractive when the target function cannot be easily modeled, as the agent can learn complex behaviors through experience
Machine Learning Course Outline
- Covers a wide range of topics from abstract theory to practical applications
- Progression starts with building concepts and theory, then moves to practical aspects
Key Components of Machine Learning
- Pattern exists in the data
- Data is available to learn from
- Cannot be fully described mathematically
Movie Rating Example
- Manual approach: describe viewer and movie as vectors of factors, compare to predict rating
- Not true machine learning, as no learning from data occurs
Machine Learning Approach
- Reverses the manual process: start with random vectors, iteratively adjust to match known ratings
- Vectors become meaningful after processing many ratings
Learning Approach Analogy
- Similar to credit approval problem: input is applicant information, output is credit decision
- Target function mapping input to output is unknown, use historical data to learn target function
Background
- Goal is to learn a function that approximates the unknown target function using given data
- Final hypothesis is the function learned by the learning algorithm that aims to approximate target function
- Hypothesis set is the set of candidate functions the learning algorithm can choose from
Hypothesis Set
- Contains candidate functions with the same functional form
- Each hypothesis is a function that takes input x and produces an output using parameters w and a threshold
- Adding an artificial input x0 = 1 simplifies the hypothesis function to a dot product of w and x
Perceptron Learning Algorithm
- Takes training data and attempts to find the correct weight vector w
- If a data point is misclassified, updates w by adding/subtracting the misclassified data point x
- Update rule moves the decision boundary to correctly classify the misclassified point
Limitations
- Perceptron learning rule is not guaranteed to perform well, needs to be evaluated
- Iterative updates can move the decision boundary to correctly classify the data
Supervised Learning
- Involves training a system with data that has clearly labeled outputs
- Allows the system to learn the relationship between inputs and outputs, then apply it to classify new data
- Example: Coin recognition with labeled denominations
Unsupervised Learning
- Training data has no labeled outputs
- System must find patterns and structure in the input data on its own
- Example: Coin data with no denomination labels, system can still cluster coins into groups based on measurements
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Explore the basics of machine learning, covering theory and practical applications. Learn about the key components of machine learning and how to apply them.
