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SVM Theoretical Questions

Q1:   

What is Support Vector Machine?

  Related To: Supervised Learning
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Q2:   

Why would you use the Kernel Trick?

  Related To: Classification
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Q3:   

What types of SVM kernels do you know?

  
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Q4:   

Name some advantages of SVM

  
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Q5:   

What are some applications of SVMs?

  
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Q6:   

How can less Training Data give Higher Accuracy?

  Related To: Data Processing
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Q7:   

For N dimensional data set what is the minimum possible number of Support Vectors?

  
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Q8:   

What are Hard-Margin and Soft-Margin SVMs?

  
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Q9:   

What happens when there is no clear Hyperplane in SVM?

  
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Q10:   

What are Support Vectors in SVMs?

  
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Q11:   

What is Hyperplane in SVM?

  
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Q12:   

What are some similarities between SVMs and Neural Networks?

  Related To: Neural Networks
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Q13:   

When would you use SVMs over Random Forest and vice-versa?

  Related To: Random Forest
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Q14:   

What is Ranking SVM?

  
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Q15:   

What are Polynomial Kernels?

  
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Q16:   

Provide an intuitive explanation of Linear Support Vector Machines (SVMs)

  Related To: Classification
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Q17:   

What are the Convex Hulls?

  
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Q18:   

What are some differences between SVMs and Neural Networks?

  Related To: Neural Networks
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Q19:   

Compare K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) and SVM

  Related To: K-Nearest Neighbors
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Q20:   

When SVM is not a good approach?

  
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Q21:   

What is the difference between a Decision Boundary and a Hyperplane?

  
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Q22:   

Does Redundant data affect an SVM-based classifier?

  Related To: Data Processing
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Q23:   

What are Support Vectors?

  
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Q24:   

While designing an SVM classifier, what values should the designer select?

  
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Q25:   

What is Quadratic Optimisation Problem in SVM?

  
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Q26:   

How to use one-class SVM for Anomalies Detections?

  Related To: Anomaly Detection
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Q27:   

Compare SVM and Logistic Regression in handling outliers

  Related To: Anomaly Detection, Logistic Regression
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Q28:   

What is the difference between Classification and Regression when using SVM?

  
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Q29:   

What is the Kernel Trick?

  
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Q30:   

What is the role of C hyperparameter in SVM?

  
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Q31:   

What is the Hinge Loss in SVM?

  Related To: Classification, Cost Function
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Q32:   

Does linear SVMs suffer from the Curse of Dimensionality?

  Related To: Curse of Dimensionality, Dimensionality Reduction
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Q33:   

What is the difference between Deep Learning and SVM?

  Related To: Deep Learning
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Q34:   

Name some advantages of using Support Vector Machines vs Logistic Regression for classification

  Related To: Classification, Logistic Regression
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Q35:   

When would you use SVM vs Logistic regression?

  Related To: Classification, Logistic Regression
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Q36:   

How does the Algorithm "The 10% You Don't Need" remove the Redundant Data?

  Related To: Data Processing
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Q37:   

How would you deal with classification on Non-linearly Separable data?

  Related To: Classification
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Q38:   

Can Support Vector Machines be used for Outlier Detection?

  Related To: Anomaly Detection
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Q39:   

How does the value of Gamma affect the SVM?

  
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Q40:   

What are Slack Variables in SVM?

  
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Q41:   

Why is the Lagrangian important in SVM?

  
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Q42:   

What are C and Gamma (γ) with regards to a Support Vector Machine?

  
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Q43:   

What is the Dual Problem?

  
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Q44:   

Can you explain PAC learning theory intuitively?

  Related To: Machine Learning
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Q45:   

How does the value of C affect the SVM?

  
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Q46:   

Is there a relation between the Number of Support Vectors and the classifiers performance?

  
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Q47:   

Explain the dual form of SVM formulation

  
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Q48:   

What are Radial Basis Function Kernels?

  
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Q49:   

What is Sequential Minimal Optimization?

  Related To: Neural Networks
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Q50:   

What is Structured SVM?

  
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Q51:   

Why is SVM not popular nowadays? Also, when did SVM perform poorly?

  
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Q52:   

What is the Probably Approximately Correct learning?

  Related To: Machine Learning
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Q53:   

How to select Kernel for SVM?

  
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Q54:   

What is Mercer's theorem and how is it related to SVM?

  
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Q55:   

Why does SVM work well in practice, even if the reproduced space is very high dimensional?

  
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Q56:   

How do you approximate RBF kernel to scale with large numbers of training samples?

  
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SVM Practical Challenges

Q1:   

How would you implement primal SVM in plain Python?

 PY Related To: Python
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