A simple decomposition algorithm for support vector machines with polynomial-time convergence

  • Authors:
  • Hong Qiao;Yan-Guo Wang;Bo Zhang

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China;Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China;Institute of Applied Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK

  • Venue:
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Support vector machines (SVMs) are a new and important tool in data classification. Recently much attention has been devoted to large scale data classifications where decomposition methods for SVMs play an important role. So far, several decomposition algorithms for SVMs have been proposed and applied in practice. The algorithms proposed recently and based on rate certifying pair/set provide very attractive features compared with many other decomposition algorithms. They converge not only with finite termination but also in polynomial time. However, it is difficult to reach a good balance between low computational cost and fast convergence. In this paper, we propose a new simple decomposition algorithm based on a new philosophy on working set selection. It has been proven that the working set selected by the new algorithm is a rate certifying set. Further, compared with the existing algorithms based on rate certifying pair/set, our algorithm provides a very good feature in combination of lower computational complexity and faster convergence.