Total No. of Questions : 8] SEAT No.

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PA-199 [Total No. of Pages : 3

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B.E. (Computer Engineering)
MACHINE LEARNING
(2015 Pattern) (410250) (Semester - II)
Time : 2½ Hours] [Max. Marks : 70
Instructions to the candidates :
1) Answer Q.1 or Q.2, Q.3 or Q.4, Q.5 or Q.6, Q.7 or Q.8
2) Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary.
3) Figure to the right indicates full marks.
4) Assume suitable data if necessary.

Q1) a) Discuss the process of managing missing features in a dataset. How is

scikit- learn library used to manage missing features. [6]

b) Explain the concepts of classic and adaptive machines. How to choose

the right machine learning model? [6]

c) Discuss the following Regression Models: Ridge, Lasso and ElasticNet.

Give a brief comparison of these models. [8]

OR

Q2) a) Discuss the role of Machine Learning in the following applications: [6]

i) Vehicle Automation

ii) Google Assistant or Alexa

b) With reference to Machine Learning, explain the terms, Overfitting,

underfitting. What are the methods to reduce overfitting in Machine
Learning Models? [6]

c) What is Regression? Logistic regression is a linear classification algorithm.

Justify with suitable example. [8]

P.T.O.
Q3) a) How does the Naive Bayes classifier work? Explain with example. [4]

b) Explain linear support vector machine and its implementation in scikit-

learn. [6]

c) Explain the concept of Ensemble Learning. Explain with example Random

Forest and AdaBoost algorithms. [8]

OR

Q4) a) What are Weak and eager Learners. Write a note on Voting Classifier.[4]

b) Write a short note on the following: [6]

i) Controlled Support Vector Machines.

ii) Support Vector Regression.

c) What are the types of Naïve Bayes in Scikit- learn. Explain Bernoulli
Naïve Bayes in detail. [8]

Q5) a) Write-a brief note on-DBSCAN. Why DBSCAN is better than K-means.
[6]

b) What is the difference between bagging and boosting techniques in Machine

Learning? [6]

c) With the reference to clustering, explain the issue of “optimization of

clusters”. [4]

OR

Q6) a) Explain in brief evaluation methods for clustering algorithms. [6]

b) With the reference of Meta classifiers, explain the concept of Weak and
Eager learner. [6]

c) What is node impurity/purity in decision trees? [4]

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Q7) a) Classify the filter techniques in recommender system. Explain content-
based filtering technique with suitable example. [8]

b) Write a note on Deep learning and its applications. Explain various building
blocks of deep networks. [8]

OR

Q8) a) What is agglomerative clustering? What is it used for? Explain types of

agglomerative clustering. [8]

b) What is Hierarchical clustering? What is the advantage of using hierarchical

clustering over K-means clustering? [8]

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