The Kernel is a Machine Learning classification method. Find out everything you need to know about it, and how to train to become a Data Scientist or Data Analyst.
What is Kernel?
In Machine Learning, the Kernel method consists of using a linear classifier to solve a non-linear problem. This is achieved by transforming a linearly inseparable set of data into a linearly separable set, as in the example below, by passing it into a higher-dimensional space.
What is Kernel used for?
For example, kernel is very useful for separating two classes within a two-dimensional data set, where the data is not linearly separable.
Using a polynomial function would complicate the classification problem. It is therefore preferable to transform the data into a 3D space where the data becomes separable by a linear classifier.
It then becomes possible to transform the data from 2D to 3D, find a linear decision boundary by adapting the linear classifier in 3D space, and map the linear decision boundary back into 2D space to create a non-linear decision boundary in 2D.
Where is the Kernel used?
There are various kernel-based algorithms in Machine Learning, such as the Regularised Radial Basis Function (Rdg RBFNN), the Support Vector Machine (SVM), the Kernel-Fisher discriminant analysis (KFD), or the Regularised Adaboost (Reg AB). Among these models, the most widely used approach is the Support Vector Machine (SVM).
A distinction is made between the classic linear SVM for linear classification and the non-linear SVM for which the Kernel is used to map patterns from the lowest to the highest dimensions.
This method makes it possible to process linearly inseparable data and create non-linear combinations of the original features into a higher-dimensional space via a mapping function where linear separation becomes possible. The most commonly used kernel for SVM is the RBF kernel or the Gaussian kernel.
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