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CS8082 MLT 2017 Syllabus

The document outlines the objectives and units of a course on machine learning techniques. The objectives are to understand the need for machine learning, study supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised learning algorithms, learn new approaches, and design algorithms for problem solving. The 5 units cover introduction to learning problems, neural networks and genetic algorithms, Bayesian and computational learning, instance-based learning, and advanced learning techniques. The outcomes are to differentiate learning approaches, apply algorithms, analyze problems, modify algorithms, and provide case studies on advanced techniques.

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CS8082 MLT 2017 Syllabus

The document outlines the objectives and units of a course on machine learning techniques. The objectives are to understand the need for machine learning, study supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised learning algorithms, learn new approaches, and design algorithms for problem solving. The 5 units cover introduction to learning problems, neural networks and genetic algorithms, Bayesian and computational learning, instance-based learning, and advanced learning techniques. The outcomes are to differentiate learning approaches, apply algorithms, analyze problems, modify algorithms, and provide case studies on advanced techniques.

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CS8082 MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES LTPC3003

OBJECTIVES:
 To understand the need for machine learning for various problem solving
 To study the various supervised, semi-supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms
in machine learning
 To learn the new approaches in machine learning
 To design appropriate machine learning algorithms for problem solving

UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9
Learning Problems – Perspectives and Issues – Concept Learning – Version Spaces and
Candidate Eliminations – Inductive bias – Decision Tree learning – Representation – Algorithm
– Heuristic Space Search.
UNIT II NEURAL NETWORKS AND GENETIC ALGORITHMS 9
Neural Network Representation – Problems – Perceptrons – Multilayer Networks and Back
Propagation Algorithms – Advanced Topics – Genetic Algorithms – Hypothesis Space Search
– Genetic Programming – Models of Evaluation and Learning.

UNIT III BAYESIAN AND COMPUTATIONAL LEARNING 9


Bayes Theorem – Concept Learning – Maximum Likelihood – Minimum Description Length
Principle – Bayes Optimal Classifier – Gibbs Algorithm – Naïve Bayes Classifier – Bayesian
Belief Network – EM Algorithm – Probability Learning – Sample Complexity – Finite and Infinite
Hypothesis Spaces – Mistake Bound Model.

UNIT IV INSTANT BASED LEARNING 9


K- Nearest Neighbour Learning – Locally weighted Regression – Radial Bases
Functions – Case Based Learning.

UNIT V ADVANCED LEARNING 9


Learning Sets of Rules – Sequential Covering Algorithm – Learning Rule Set – First Order
Rules – Sets of First Order Rules – Induction on Inverted Deduction – Inverting Resolution –
Analytical Learning – Perfect Domain Theories – Explanation Base Learning – FOCL
Algorithm – Reinforcement Learning – Task – Q-Learning – Temporal Difference Learning

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course, the students will be able to
 Differentiate between supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised machine
learning approaches
 Apply specific supervised or unsupervised machine learning algorithm for a
particular problem
 Analyse and suggest the appropriate machine learning approach for the various
types of problem
 Design and make modifications to existing machine learning algorithms to suit an
individual application
 Provide useful case studies on the advanced machine learning algorithms

TEXT BOOK:
1. Tom M. Mitchell, ―Machine Learning‖, McGraw-Hill Education (India) Private Limited, 2013.

REFERENCES:
1. Ethem Alpaydin, ―Introduction to Machine Learning (Adaptive Computation
and Machine Learning)‖, The MIT Press 2004.
2. Stephen Marsland, ―Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective‖, CRC Press, 2009.

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