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Katie C. 05-31-2013 03:13 PM
Q3 clarifications
 
What does "If there is overfitting," mean in Q3? Does it mean "In order to determine if overfitting has occurred"?

In option d) does "comparing the values of (Eout - Ein)" imply that there are at least two values of diff = (Eout-Ein)? and do they correspond to different hypotheses?

yaser 05-31-2013 04:58 PM
Re: Q3 clarifications
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Katie C. (Post 10998)
What does "If there is overfitting," mean in Q3? Does it mean "In order to determine if overfitting has occurred"?

In option d) does "comparing the values of (Eout - Ein)" imply that there are at least two values of diff = (Eout-Ein)? and do they correspond to different hypotheses?
"If there is overfitting" just means that overfitting occurred in a particular learning situation. In [d], we would indeed be comparing two values that correspond to two different hypotheses.

Katie C. 06-01-2013 09:43 AM
Re: Q3 clarifications
 
For part d) do we assume that the values of Eout-Ein are for the same N, number of examples?

yaser 06-01-2013 12:38 PM
Re: Q3 clarifications
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Katie C. (Post 11002)
For part d) do we assume that the values of Eout-Ein are for the same N, number of examples?
Yes, for the same training data set {\cal D}.

Katie C. 06-02-2013 11:08 AM
Re: Q3 clarifications
 
Does part d) mean that we only have access to values of Eout-Ein and not to the values of Ein or Eout?

yaser 06-02-2013 01:47 PM
Re: Q3 clarifications
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Katie C. (Post 11012)
Does part d) mean that we only have access to values of Eout-Ein and not to the values of Ein or Eout?
Correct.


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