Max-Margin Classifiers

This lecture covers the concept of margin in decision boundaries, the importance of maximizing it for better classification, and the formulation of maximum margin classifiers using signed distances and hyperplanes. It also discusses linear support vector machines, the optimization problem involved, and the introduction of slack variables to handle overlapping classes. The instructor explains the improved formulation of the problem with a constant parameter C, the significance of choosing the right C value, and the implications of naive formulations. The lecture concludes with a comparison of different classification techniques and the need for cross-validation in selecting the optimal C parameter.