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#XLSTAT S VECTOR METHOD HOW TO#
We want a low mean squared error, a low mean absolute error and a coefficient of determination near 1. Here, we use the mean squared error, mean absolute error and the coefficient of determination. The first table displays performance measures and evaluates the regression. Interpreting the results of the SVM regressor For this purpose, in the Validation tab, we check the Validation checkbox and select 10 observations randomly drawn from the training sample as indicated below.įinally, in the Outputs tab, we select the outputs we want to obtain as shown below: We select Standardisation in the preprocessing field and we use linear kernels as shown below.Īs we want to see how well our regression model performs, we will make a validation sample out of the training sample. Again, we leave epsilon at its default value but has to be positif. The Epsilon field is the parameter which specifies the epsilon-tube and affects the number of support vectors selected. We leave the tolerance at its default value. If you want to speed up calculations, increase the tolerance parameter. The tolerance parameter indicates how accurate the optimization algorithm will be when comparing support vectors. In our case, we set the value of C at 1, but C has to be positif. It translates the amount up to which deviations larger than ε are tolerated. The C field corresponds to the regularization parameter. In the Options tab, the regressor parameters are set up.įor the SMO parameters, we leave the default options. In the Q ualitative field, we select the column with qualitative information: Sex.Īs the name of each variable is present at the top of the table, we must check the Variable labels checkbox. In the Quantitative field, we select columns corresponding to the following fields: - Length, We also select both quantitative and qualitative explanatory variables by checking both checkboxes as shown below. In order to fit a regression, select Quantitative as response type. In our case, this is the column giving the number of rings. In the Response Variable field, select the quantitative variable you want to predict. Once you have clicked on the button, the SVM dialog box appears. Once XLSTAT is open, click on Support Vector Machine as show below: The goal of this tutorial is to learn how to set up and train a SVR on the Abalone dataset and see how well the regression performs on a validation set. That is why, we want to predict the age of abalones with measures which are easier to obtain.
To predict the age of an abalone, one needs to color the rings and count them through a microscope, which is a time consuming-task. The dataset named abalone contains characteristics of abalones, marine gastropod molluscs. This tutorial shows how to perform and interpret a Support Vector Regression (SVR) in Excel using the XLSTAT software.
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