Machine Learning Using Support Vector Machines - Perceptive Analytics

SVM is a powerful technique and especially useful for data whose distribution is unknown (also known as non-regularity in data). Because the example considered here consisted of only two features, the SVM fitted by R here is also known as linear SVM. SVM is powered by a kernel for dealing with various kinds of data and its kernel can also be set during model tuning. Some such examples include gaussian and radial. Hence, SVM can also be used for non-linear data and does not require any assumptions about its functional form.