Abstract:We provide an intuitive construction of a support vector machine (SVM) and explore the motivation behind using different tools for data classification. Beginning with linear classifiers, we build intuition on the subtlety of classification in increasingly non-linear circumstances and conclude with an example of bankruptcy prediction to illustrate the effectiveness and flexibility of support vector machines.
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