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Exam1 Flashcards

1
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What year was the term AI coined?

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1955, Darthmouth

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2
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What is the definition of AI

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Any system that exhibits behavior that could be interpreted as human intelligence

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3
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Weak AI is also called

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Narrow AI

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4
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____ AI is good for systems that have predefined patterns to eliminate impossible options

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Planning

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4
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Strong AI is also called

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General AI

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Definition of Weak AI

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model that is confined to a narrow task

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What are some examples of weak AI tasks

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Language to text processing; picture sorting

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6
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Siri is an example of a weak or strong AI?

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weak

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7
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Definition of strong AI

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the machine displays all person-like behavior that you’d expect from an artificial human (emotions, humor, etc)

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8
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What was an early name for the nodes in neural networks?

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Perceptrons (Rosenblatt at Cornell)

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9
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When did the term “Deep Learning” become popular?

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1990s

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9
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Reasons that machine learning has accelerated

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Availability of data
Moore’s Law
IoT
Automated SW coding (sensors and controllers)

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10
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Training and test data is

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labelled

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11
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3 categories of supervised learning

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  • Binary classification
  • Multiclass classification
  • Regression analysis
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12
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If you have massive amounts of unlabeled data, ____ algorithm could be a good choice

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k-means clustering

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13
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Bagging, boosting, and stacking are examples of

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ensemble modeling

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14
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Definition of bagging

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create several different version of the ML algorithm in parallel (like decision trees with different roof notes), and compare results, average out

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Definition of Boosting

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Use several different ML algorithms in sequence to boost accuracy of results (model 2 learns from model 1 etc)

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Definition of Stacking

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Use several different ML algorithms to boost accuracy (ex. k-NN on top of Naive Bayes)

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16
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For abstract reasoning, a _____ system reasoning may be best

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symbolic

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17
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Definition of bias

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gap between predicted value and actual outcome

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18
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Definition of variance

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how scattered predicted values are +/- of actual outcome

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19
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What is the Turing test

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Can the machine fool a human into thinking it’s a human if it’s behind a wall?

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20
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Big data is

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unstructured data

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21
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One challenge of using AI for predictions is that AI uses _____ data

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Historical (ex how would an AI model fall out of an unanticipated large event like Covid?)

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22
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One of the reason AI didn’t take off in the 60s and 70s was

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limits of technological maturity (memory space, computational power)

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23
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When building an AI model, keep _____ in mind

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the end goal in mind: who will use this model any why

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24
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raw data is

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data collected in it’s original form, prior to any processing or adjustments

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25
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3 types of Data analytics

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  • Descriptive
  • Predictive
  • Prescriptive
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26
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Difference between predictive and prescriptive models

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Predictive just predict the future (forecasts, etc), prescriptive change the future (control, optimization, etc)

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27
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Examples of types of data

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  • numeric vs non-numeric
  • categorical data (ex fault or no-fault)
  • structured vs unstructured
  • temporal, spatial, spatio-temporal
  • experimental vs operational
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28
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Experimental data differs from operational data critically in that ___

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experimental data will isolate a single (or few) variables from other variables, while operational data will have a much more impact from the surrounding environment (which was not controlled)

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29
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Definition of Big Data

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data that challenges the current capabilities of a single computing unit

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30
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What types of data would we encounter in energy systems

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  • metered data
  • sub-metering
  • communications
  • measured data
  • data storage
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31
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What does CRISP-DM stand for

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Cross industry standard process for data mining

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32
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An input is also sometimes referred to as __

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an instance

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33
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Definition of Data Analytics

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the science of analyzing raw data to draw insight, and make conclusions from that data

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34
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Linear data cleaning workflow

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  1. Access Data
  2. Detect Duty Cycles
  3. Remove Outliers
  4. Sanitize Gaps
  5. Check Process Limits
  6. Analyze data…
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35
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In univariate stats, variance =

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std_dev^2

36
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Covariance is…

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the variance between 2 variables

37
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Positive Covariance: variable A increases as variable B

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increases

38
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In weak covariance, there is…

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no apparent linear statistical dependence between the 2 variables

39
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Negative covariance, each variable “varies” ….

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inversely to the other variable

40
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Unlike covariance, correlation is…

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  • normalized to -1 to +1
  • unitless
41
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Correlation of A&B =

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covariance of A&B / (std.devA*std.devB)

42
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____ increase modeling risk

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outliers

43
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Outliers are:

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data points that are significantly different from the rest of the data set

44
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What is the simplest outlier detection technique for univariate samples

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Z-score, where Z is the standardized equivalent of the data value = (x-x_mean)/std.dev

45
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MCD stands for

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Minimum Covariance Detection

46
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MCD can be used to

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remove outliers from multivariate samples
(minimum covariance determinant)

47
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Definition of imputation

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The process of identifying missing data, then creating a substitute

48
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Why is it important to impute data sets

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  • missing data is generally not allowed in training data sets
  • throwing out entire data points could throw out useful data
  • statistical techniques could be biased by missing data
49
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The covariance and correlation matrices are

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symmetric

50
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A typical Z score for outlier cutoff would be

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3 ( = 3 std dev away from mean)

51
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Imputed data inherently introduces

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Bias into subsequent modeling

52
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What are the 2 options to deal with missing data

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  1. throw it out
  2. fill in the gap
53
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What are some ways to impute?

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  • simple statistics (use mean, median, a constant)
  • Multivariate imputation with bayesian stats
  • k-nearest neighbor imputation
54
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What are some initial questions to ask when prepping data for ML

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  • does the data include info that can predict the target?
  • does the granularity of the training and prediction match?
  • is there labeled data?
  • is the data accurate? Do you know where it came from?
  • is it easily accessible and readable?
  • are the missing values a small percentage of the fields of interest?
55
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Definition of an algorithm (comp sci)

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a sequence of explicit instructions which perform a specific task

56
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_____ analysis is used to simplify complexity analysis

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asymptotic

57
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_____ is a subset of AI

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Machine Learning

58
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Definition of Machine Learning

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the study and usage of both algorithms and statistical models, which computer systems use, without explicit instructions, to learn how to perform specific taks

59
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____ is a subset of Machine Learning

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Deep Learning

60
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Machine Learning applies the fields of

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Comp Sci; Optimization; Statistics

61
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Unsupervised ML models can be used for

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Clustering

62
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Labeled data is data which ___

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has an associated category assigned to a specific set of features in the data set

63
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In hard clustering, each data point…

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belongs to only 1 cluster

64
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What clustering techniques are examples of hard clustering

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k-means, hierarchical

65
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Guassian Mixture Modeling is an example of

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soft clustering

66
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What are some applications of clustering?

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  • exploratory data analysis
  • dimensional (feature) reduction
  • image segmentation
  • anomaly detection
  • data mining
67
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Formula for euclidean distance between 2 pts with 2 features

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d = sqrt( ( x1 - x2)^2 + (y1-y2)^2 )

68
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In K-means clustering, a centroid is…

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the arithmetic mean of the points in each dimension

69
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Hierarchical clustering can be preferrable over k-means when dealing with

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a smaller amount of data

70
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What are some convergence criteria you could set for k-means

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  • % reduction drop of SSE
    -Hard stop limit to avoid infinite iteration and/or a known goal
71
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Hierarchical clustering creates a _____

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dendrogram

72
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Gaussian Mixture Modeling is a

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probabilistic technique

73
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In GMM, the center of the cluster is the

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arithmetic mean

74
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A model with overfitting is

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too complex, maybe has too many predictors

75
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You could have ovefitting when

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the model is more complex than the data

76
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overfitting is ____ common than underfitting with AI models

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more

77
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What are some applications of classification?

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  • fault detection
  • predictive maintenance
  • speech recognition
78
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Classification error is quantified by a

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loss function

79
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What is the formula for inverse distance weighting

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w_i = (1/dist_i)/(sum(1 to k)of (1/dist_i))

80
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Euclidean distance in 2D is the same as

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formula for the hypotenuse of a right triange

81
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What are some advantages of k-NN?

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  • simple algorithm, with flexible options (distance calc method, # of k)
  • considered a benchmark for other classification methods
82
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What are some disadvantages of K-NN

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  • sensitive to outliers and erroneous labels
  • memory intensive with larger k, pts, and features (giant distance matrices)
83
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Resubstitution loss is…

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the error just on the training set

84
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What are advantages to decision trees?

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  • can handle non-linear responses
  • excellent with categorical variables
  • easy to understand for a small number of features
  • once you build the model, classification of new data is computationally quick since it is just binary decisions
85
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Disadvantages of decision trees

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  • struggles with a large number of features with smaller data size
  • difficult to understand for a large number of features
86
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Naive Bayes is a ____ classification technique

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probabilistic

87
Q

What are the 3 AI for energy transition principles

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  • Governing (Risk Management, Standards, Responsibility)
  • Designing (Automation, Sustainability, Design)
  • Enabling (Data, Incentives, Education)
88
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How much investment does BNEF expect to need for a net-zero scenario

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between 92 and 173 trillion by 2050

89
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What are the 4 main fields where AI could be used in Energy Systems

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  • Renewable power gen. and demand forecasting
  • Grid optimization and operation
  • Management of energy demand and DER
  • Materials discovery and innovation
90
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K-means clustering has an inherent risk that the initial clusters converge….

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to a local minimum, rather than global minimum SSE

91
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Is K-means sensitive to outliers?

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yes

92
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Which has a higher time complexity, k-means or hierarchical clustering?

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hierarchical

93
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