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how to use svms and kernel methods effectively

If you want tips on some of the practical issues of using SVMs and kernel methods take a look at these papers:

General issues in using SVMs:

Asa Ben-Hur and Jason Weston. A user's guide to support vector machines.

SVMs and Kernels for analyzing protein/DNA sequence data:

Asa Ben-Hur, Cheng Soon Ong, Soeren Sonnenburg, Bernhard Schoelkopf, and Gunnar Raetsch. Support Vector Machines and Kernels for Computational Biology. Accepted PLoS computational biology. Paper and Supplementary webpage. PyML code for the tutorial is available here.