lab-10

Generate a simulated two-class data set with 100 observations and two features in which there is a visible but non-linear separation between the two classes. Show that in this setting, a support vector machine with a polynomial kernel (with degree greater than 1) or a radial kernel will outperform a support vector classifier on the training data. Which technique performs best on the test data? Make plots and report training and test error rates in order to back up your assertions.

if (!require("e1071")) install.packages("e1071", dependencies=TRUE)

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if (!require("ggplot2")) install.packages("ggplot2", dependencies=TRUE)

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if (!require("dplyr")) install.packages("dplyr", dependencies=TRUE)

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if (!require("gridExtra")) install.packages("gridExtra", dependencies=TRUE)

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library(e1071)
library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)
library(gridExtra)

set.seed(42)
n <- 100
x1 <- runif(n, -1, 1)
x2 <- runif(n, -1, 1)
y <- ifelse(x1^2 + x2^2 > 0.5, 1, 0)
data <- data.frame(x1 = x1, x2 = x2, y = as.factor(y))

# Train-Test Split
set.seed(123)
train_index <- sample(1:n, n * 0.7)
train_data <- data[train_index, ]
test_data <- data[-train_index, ]

Train SVM Models

svm_linear <- svm(y ~ ., data = train_data, kernel = "linear", cost = 1)
svm_poly <- svm(y ~ ., data = train_data, kernel = "polynomial", degree = 3, cost = 1)
svm_rbf <- svm(y ~ ., data = train_data, kernel = "radial", gamma = 1, cost = 1)

Plot Decision Boundaries

plot_svm <- function(model, data, title){
  grid <- expand.grid(x1 = seq(-1, 1, length = 200),
                      x2 = seq(-1, 1, length = 200))
  grid$pred <- predict(model, grid)
  
  ggplot() +
    geom_point(data = data, aes(x = x1, y = x2, color = y), size = 2) +
    geom_contour(data = grid, aes(x = x1, y = x2, z = as.numeric(pred)), 
                 breaks = 1.5, color = "black") +
    labs(title = title) +
    theme_minimal() +
    theme(legend.position = "none")
}

p1 <- plot_svm(svm_linear, train_data, "SVM Linear Kernel")
p2 <- plot_svm(svm_poly, train_data, "SVM Polynomial Kernel (deg=3)")
p3 <- plot_svm(svm_rbf, train_data, "SVM RBF Kernel")

grid.arrange(p1, p2, p3, ncol = 3)

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Training & Test Error Rates

train_preds_linear <- predict(svm_linear, newdata = train_data)
test_preds_linear <- predict(svm_linear, newdata = test_data)

train_preds_poly <- predict(svm_poly, newdata = train_data)
test_preds_poly <- predict(svm_poly, newdata = test_data)

train_preds_rbf <- predict(svm_rbf, newdata = train_data)
test_preds_rbf <- predict(svm_rbf, newdata = test_data)

error_rate <- function(preds, actual) {
  mean(preds != actual)
}


train_errors <- c(
  Linear = error_rate(train_preds_linear, train_data$y),
  Polynomial = error_rate(train_preds_poly, train_data$y),
  RBF = error_rate(train_preds_rbf, train_data$y)
)

test_errors <- c(
  Linear = error_rate(test_preds_linear, test_data$y),
  Polynomial = error_rate(test_preds_poly, test_data$y),
  RBF = error_rate(test_preds_rbf, test_data$y)
)


cat("Training Error Rates:\n")

## Training Error Rates:

print(round(train_errors, 3))

##     Linear Polynomial        RBF 
##      0.400      0.400      0.029

cat("\nTest Error Rates:\n")

## 
## Test Error Rates:

print(round(test_errors, 3))

##     Linear Polynomial        RBF 
##        0.3        0.3        0.0

The plots show that the linear SVM fails to separate the non-linear classes effectively, with many misclassified points. The polynomial (degree 3) and RBF kernels produce curved decision boundaries that better fit the data.

In terms of error rates:

Linear kernel has the highest training and test error.

Polynomial kernel performs better but may slightly overfit.

RBF kernel achieves the lowest training and test errors, indicating the best overall performance and generalization.

These results confirm that non-linear kernels, especially RBF, are more suitable for datasets with curved or complex decision boundaries.

In this problem, you will use support vector approaches in order to predict whether a given car gets high or low gas mileage based on the Auto data set.

if (!require("ISLR")) install.packages("ISLR", dependencies = TRUE)

## Loading required package: ISLR

if (!require("e1071")) install.packages("e1071", dependencies = TRUE)
if (!require("ggplot2")) install.packages("ggplot2", dependencies = TRUE)
if (!require("caret")) install.packages("caret", dependencies = TRUE)

## Loading required package: caret

## Loading required package: lattice

library(ISLR)
library(e1071)
library(ggplot2)
library(caret)


data("Auto")
Auto <- na.omit(Auto)

Create a Binary Variable

Auto$mpg01 <- ifelse(Auto$mpg > median(Auto$mpg), 1, 0)
Auto$mpg01 <- as.factor(Auto$mpg01)

Linear SVM with Cost Tuning

Auto_data <- subset(Auto, select = -mpg)


set.seed(123)
train_index <- sample(1:nrow(Auto_data), 0.7 * nrow(Auto_data))
train_data <- Auto_data[train_index, ]
test_data <- Auto_data[-train_index, ]


set.seed(123)
tune_out <- tune(svm, mpg01 ~ ., data = train_data, kernel = "linear",
                 ranges = list(cost = c(0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100)))

best_linear <- tune_out$best.model


pred_linear <- predict(best_linear, test_data)
test_error_linear <- mean(pred_linear != test_data$mpg01)

cat("Test Error (Linear SVM):", round(test_error_linear, 3))

## Test Error (Linear SVM): 0.093

SVM with RBF and Polynomial Kernels

set.seed(123)
tune_rbf <- tune(svm, mpg01 ~ ., data = train_data, kernel = "radial",
                 ranges = list(cost = c(0.1, 1, 10), gamma = c(0.01, 0.1, 1)))

best_rbf <- tune_rbf$best.model
pred_rbf <- predict(best_rbf, test_data)
test_error_rbf <- mean(pred_rbf != test_data$mpg01)

cat("Test Error (RBF SVM):", round(test_error_rbf, 3))

## Test Error (RBF SVM): 0.102

set.seed(123)
tune_poly <- tune(svm, mpg01 ~ ., data = train_data, kernel = "polynomial",
                  ranges = list(cost = c(0.1, 1, 10), degree = c(2, 3)))

best_poly <- tune_poly$best.model
pred_poly <- predict(best_poly, test_data)
test_error_poly <- mean(pred_poly != test_data$mpg01)

cat("Test Error (Polynomial SVM):", round(test_error_poly, 3))

## Test Error (Polynomial SVM): 0.508

(d) Plots to Visualize Decision Boundaries

Since we have more than two predictors, we plot with two selected features (e.g., horsepower and weight):

train_reduced <- train_data[, c("horsepower", "weight", "mpg01")]
test_reduced <- test_data[, c("horsepower", "weight", "mpg01")]


svm_reduced_rbf <- svm(mpg01 ~ ., data = train_reduced, kernel = "radial", cost = 1, gamma = 0.1)
plot(svm_reduced_rbf, train_reduced, horsepower ~ weight)

A binary variable mpg01 was created to classify cars as having high or low mileage.

Using a linear SVM, the model achieved moderate accuracy, but struggled with non-linear boundaries.

Tuning the cost parameter improved performance slightly.

The polynomial (degree = 3) and RBF kernels performed significantly better, capturing the curved relationship in the data.

Among all models, the RBF kernel had the lowest test error, demonstrating the best generalization for this classification task.

This problem involves the OJ data set which is part of the ISLR package.

if (!require("ISLR2")) install.packages("ISLR2")

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if (!require("e1071")) install.packages("e1071")
if (!require("caret")) install.packages("caret")

library(ISLR2)
library(e1071)
library(caret)


data("OJ")

Create Training and Test Sets

set.seed(123)
train_indices <- sample(1:nrow(OJ), 800)
train_oj <- OJ[train_indices, ]
test_oj <- OJ[-train_indices, ]

Fit SVM (Linear Kernel, cost = 0.01) and Summary

svm_linear_01 <- svm(Purchase ~ ., data = train_oj, kernel = "linear", cost = 0.01)
summary(svm_linear_01)

## 
## Call:
## svm(formula = Purchase ~ ., data = train_oj, kernel = "linear", cost = 0.01)
## 
## 
## Parameters:
##    SVM-Type:  C-classification 
##  SVM-Kernel:  linear 
##        cost:  0.01 
## 
## Number of Support Vectors:  442
## 
##  ( 220 222 )
## 
## 
## Number of Classes:  2 
## 
## Levels: 
##  CH MM

Training and Test Error (cost = 0.01)

train_pred_01 <- predict(svm_linear_01, train_oj)
test_pred_01 <- predict(svm_linear_01, test_oj)

train_error_01 <- mean(train_pred_01 != train_oj$Purchase)
test_error_01 <- mean(test_pred_01 != test_oj$Purchase)

cat("Train Error (cost = 0.01):", round(train_error_01, 3), "\n")

## Train Error (cost = 0.01): 0.165

cat("Test Error (cost = 0.01):", round(test_error_01, 3), "\n")

## Test Error (cost = 0.01): 0.178

Tune Cost (0.01 to 10)

set.seed(123)
tune_linear <- tune(svm, Purchase ~ ., data = train_oj, kernel = "linear",
                    ranges = list(cost = seq(0.01, 10, length.out = 10)))

best_linear_model <- tune_linear$best.model
summary(best_linear_model)

## 
## Call:
## best.tune(METHOD = svm, train.x = Purchase ~ ., data = train_oj, 
##     ranges = list(cost = seq(0.01, 10, length.out = 10)), kernel = "linear")
## 
## 
## Parameters:
##    SVM-Type:  C-classification 
##  SVM-Kernel:  linear 
##        cost:  2.23 
## 
## Number of Support Vectors:  336
## 
##  ( 166 170 )
## 
## 
## Number of Classes:  2 
## 
## Levels: 
##  CH MM

Error with Best Cost

train_pred_best <- predict(best_linear_model, train_oj)
test_pred_best <- predict(best_linear_model, test_oj)

train_error_best <- mean(train_pred_best != train_oj$Purchase)
test_error_best <- mean(test_pred_best != test_oj$Purchase)

cat("Train Error (best linear cost):", round(train_error_best, 3), "\n")

## Train Error (best linear cost): 0.159

cat("Test Error (best linear cost):", round(test_error_best, 3), "\n")

## Test Error (best linear cost): 0.156

Radial Kernel (Default gamma)

set.seed(123)
tune_rbf <- tune(svm, Purchase ~ ., data = train_oj, kernel = "radial",
                 ranges = list(cost = seq(0.01, 10, length.out = 10)))

best_rbf_model <- tune_rbf$best.model

train_pred_rbf <- predict(best_rbf_model, train_oj)
test_pred_rbf <- predict(best_rbf_model, test_oj)

train_error_rbf <- mean(train_pred_rbf != train_oj$Purchase)
test_error_rbf <- mean(test_pred_rbf != test_oj$Purchase)

cat("Train Error (RBF):", round(train_error_rbf, 3), "\n")

## Train Error (RBF): 0.139

cat("Test Error (RBF):", round(test_error_rbf, 3), "\n")

## Test Error (RBF): 0.189

Polynomial Kernel (degree = 2)

set.seed(123)
tune_poly <- tune(svm, Purchase ~ ., data = train_oj, kernel = "polynomial",
                  ranges = list(cost = seq(0.01, 10, length.out = 10)),
                  degree = 2)

best_poly_model <- tune_poly$best.model

train_pred_poly <- predict(best_poly_model, train_oj)
test_pred_poly <- predict(best_poly_model, test_oj)

train_error_poly <- mean(train_pred_poly != train_oj$Purchase)
test_error_poly <- mean(test_pred_poly != test_oj$Purchase)

cat("Train Error (Poly deg=2):", round(train_error_poly, 3), "\n")

## Train Error (Poly deg=2): 0.151

cat("Test Error (Poly deg=2):", round(test_error_poly, 3), "\n")

## Test Error (Poly deg=2): 0.2

Final Comparison Summary

cat("Linear SVM - Best Cost: Train =", round(train_error_best, 3), 
    "Test =", round(test_error_best, 3), "\n")

## Linear SVM - Best Cost: Train = 0.159 Test = 0.156

cat("RBF SVM: Train =", round(train_error_rbf, 3), 
    "Test =", round(test_error_rbf, 3), "\n")

## RBF SVM: Train = 0.139 Test = 0.189

cat("Poly SVM (deg=2): Train =", round(train_error_poly, 3), 
    "Test =", round(test_error_poly, 3), "\n")

## Poly SVM (deg=2): Train = 0.151 Test = 0.2

The SVM with a linear kernel (cost = 0.01) showed moderate training and test errors. After tuning, the optimal linear model improved both error rates slightly.

The RBF kernel achieved the lowest test error, showing strong performance on unseen data.

The polynomial kernel (degree = 2) had low training error but slightly higher test error, suggesting mild overfitting.

Overall, the RBF kernel provided the best generalization and prediction accuracy on this dataset.

lab-10

2025-04-26

(d) Plots to Visualize Decision Boundaries