svm-grid(1)
π svm-grid β bestie edition π
okay so real quick, this is the manual page for svm-grid(1) from the User Manuals section, and it's literally the glow-up guide for finding your best parameters. no cap. π
β¨ NAME β¨
svm-grid β a parameter selection tool for LIBSVM πΈ
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
svm-grid [-log2c begin,end,step ] [ -log2g begin,end,step ] [ -v fold ]
[ -svmtrain pathname ] [ -gnuplot pathname ] [ -out pathname ] [ -png
pathname ] [ additional_parameters_for_svm-train ] dataset
π DESCRIPTION π
okay so grid.py is a parameter selection tool for C-SVM classification using the RBF (radial basis function) kernel. it uses cross validation (CV) technique to estimate the accuracy of each parameter combination in the specified range, and it helps you decide the best parameters for your problem. it's giving personal shopper but for hyperparameters, fr fr. π
π OPTIONS π
bestie the synopsis is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, so let's go through every single one, no skipping, periodt.
-log2c begin,end,stepβ sets the range and step for thelog2cparameter π-log2g begin,end,stepβ sets the range and step for thelog2gparameter β¨-v foldβ the fold count, iykyk π₯-svmtrain pathnameβ where to findsvm-train, give it the path π-gnuplot pathnameβ where to findgnuplot, give it the path π-out pathnameβ the output path, so it goes where you want π¦-png pathnameβ the path for the png, cute πadditional_parameters_for_svm-trainβ extra parameters that get handed straight tosvm-train, main character energy πdatasetβ the dataset itself, the whole point bestie πΈ
π FILES π
for the format of dataset, go look at svm-train(1) π«Ά
β EXAMPLES β
svm-grid -log2c -5,5,1 -log2g -4,0,1 -v 5 -m 300 heart_scale
ate. no crumbs. π₯
π BUGS π
found a bug? please report bugs to the Debian BTS. do NOT suffer in silence bestie, tell the BTS. π
πΈ AUTHOR πΈ
Chih-Chung Chang, Chih-Jen Lin <cjlin@csie.ntu.edu.tw>, Chen-Tse Tsai <ctse.tsai@gmail.com> (packaging) π«Ά
π SEE ALSO π
that's the whole vibe bestie π this was the Linux version, DEC 2009, and honestly it still slays. go find your best parameters, you got this πβ¨π
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: libsvm-tools 3.24+ds-6 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- debian trixie: libsvm-tools 3.24+ds-6.1 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu jammy: libsvm-tools 3.24+ds-6 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu noble: libsvm-tools 3.24+ds-6ubuntu2 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu resolute: libsvm-tools 3.24+ds-6.1 Β· BSD-3-Clause
- ubuntu stonking: libsvm-tools 3.24+ds-6.1 Β· BSD-3-Clause
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