[R] polynomial svms and in-sample error

Jessica Streicher j.streicher at micromata.de
Fri Nov 16 16:32:15 CET 2012


Hi again!

This might be more of a statistical question, but anyway: 
If i train several support vector machines with different degrees of polynomials, and as result, get that higher degrees not only have a higher test error, but also a higher in-sample error, why is that?

I would assume i should get an in-sample error lower or at least the same as the linear case.

i'm worried i did something wrong there.


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