Notes Unit 2
Notes Unit 2
Data Analysis:**
**Regression Modeling:**
- Regression analysis is used to model the relationship between a dependent variable and one or
more independent variables.
- Example: Predicting house prices based on features like square footage, number of bedrooms, and
location.
**Multivariate Analysis:**
- Multivariate analysis deals with the analysis of multiple variables simultaneously to understand
their relationships.
- Example: Examining the correlation between income, education level, and job satisfaction in a
survey.
- Bayesian modeling involves using Bayesian probability to model uncertainty and update beliefs
based on new evidence.
- Example: Bayesian spam filters that update the probability of an email being spam based on the
words it contains.
**Bayesian Networks:**
- Bayesian networks are graphical models representing probabilistic relationships among a set of
variables.
- Example: Modeling the relationships between symptoms and diseases to aid medical diagnosis.
- Support Vector Machines (SVMs) are used for classification and regression by finding a hyperplane
that best separates data.
- Example: Classifying emails as spam or not spam based on their content using SVM.
- Example: Analyzing stock market trends using linear and nonlinear models to predict future prices.
**Rule Induction:**
- Rule induction involves discovering useful patterns and rules from data.
- Example: Identifying buying patterns from customer purchase history for targeted marketing.
**Neural Networks:**
- Neural networks learn from data to make predictions or decisions and generalize their knowledge
to new, unseen data.
- Example: Training a neural network to recognize handwritten digits and then using it to classify new
digits.
**Competitive Learning:**
- Example: Self-organizing maps that cluster similar data points together on a 2D grid.
- Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is used for dimensionality reduction, often in combination with
neural networks.
- Example: Reducing the dimensions of image data with PCA before feeding it into a neural network
for image classification.
**Fuzzy Logic:**
- Example: Building a fuzzy model to control the temperature of a room based on inputs like current
temperature and desired comfort level.
**Fuzzy Decision Trees:**
- Fuzzy decision trees use fuzzy logic to make decisions in a tree-like structure.
- Example: Creating a decision tree to recommend whether to buy, hold, or sell a stock based on
fuzzy indicators.
- Example: Using a genetic algorithm to optimize parameters for a neural network to achieve better
performance.