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What are soft margins in SVM?
This idea is based on a simple premise: allow SVM to make a certain number of mistakes and keep margin as wide as possible so that other points can still be classified correctly. This can be done simply by modifying the objective of SVM.
Which of the following are disadvantages of using hard margin SVM classifier?
SVM Disadvantages Long training time for large datasets. Difficult to understand and interpret the final model, variable weights and individual impact. Since the final model is not so easy to see, we can not do small calibrations to the model hence its tough to incorporate our business logic.
What difference choosing hard or soft margin for decision makes in a classification problem?
Soft classifiers explicitly estimate the class conditional probabilities and then perform classification based on estimated probabilities. In contrast, hard classifiers directly target the classification decision boundary without pro- ducing the probability estimation.
What is slack variable and its role in soft margin SVM classifier?
Slack variables are introduced to allow certain constraints to be violated. That is, certain train- ing points will be allowed to be within the margin. We want the number of points within the margin to be as small as possible, and of course we want their penetration of the margin to be as small as possible.
What is the main difference between a SVM and SVR?
Boundary line: In SVM there are two lines other than Hyper Plane which creates a margin . The support vectors can be on the Boundary lines or outside it. This boundary line separates the two classes. In SVR the concept is same. Support vectors: This are the data points which are closest to the boundary.
What is soft margin?
The hard margin is a one which clearly separate positive and negative points. Soft margin is also called as noisy linear SVM which includes some miss-classified points. Solution to the soft margin is approximation of points which are miss-classified in linear decision boundary.
What is sparseness of SVM’s solution?
The SVM’s solution is a set of support vectors. And “sparseness of the solution” means that the “number of support vectors increases more slowly than linearly” when the problem size increases. As we know, Sparseness means thinly scattered or distributed (Meager).
What is a multi-class SVM method?
Multiclass SVMs are usually implemented by combining sev- eral two-class SVMs. The one-versus-all method using winner-takes-all strategy and the one-versus-one method implemented by max-wins vot- ing are popularly used for this purpose.