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Machine Learning Techniques · End Term · 31 Aug 2025 · May 2025 term · Set QDD1

Question 3: Consider clustering 1D data with a mixture of 2 Gaussians…

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Consider clustering 1D data with a mixture of 2 Gaussians using the EM algorithm. You are given the data points x1=1,x2=10,x3=20x_1 = 1, x_2 = 10, x_3 = 20.

Suppose the output of the E-step is as follows:

λ11=1,  λ21=0λ12=0.4,  λ22=0.6λ13=0.1,  λ23=0.9,\begin{gathered} \lambda_1^1 = 1, \; \lambda_2^1 = 0 \\ \lambda_1^2 = 0.4, \; \lambda_2^2 = 0.6 \\ \lambda_1^3 = 0.1, \; \lambda_2^3 = 0.9, \end{gathered}

where λCi\lambda_C^i denotes the probability of the ii-th data point to be in cluster CC. After performing the M-step for the means μ1\mu_1 and μ2\mu_2, what are the updated means?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
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  • D

Question 3 of 17 in the IIT Madras BS Machine Learning Techniques (MLT) End Term paper sat on 31 Aug 2025, in the May 2025 term (IIT M DIPLOMA FN EXAM QDD1 31 Aug 2025). It carries 4 marks.

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