svm-scale1
Scale data to a restricted range as preprocessing for svm training
Usage
svm-scale [-l
lower]
[-u
upper]
[-y
y_upper]
[-s
save_filename]
[-r
restore_filename]
datafilename
Overview
svm-scale reads the given datafilename (a training or testing data file as specified in svm_train(1) or svm_predict(1) ) and scales all dimensions to the given ranges.
Options
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-l lower -
lower is the lowest (minimal) value allowed in each dimension. It defaults to -1.
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-u upper -
upper is the highest (maximal) value allowed in each dimension. It defaults to 1.
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-y y_lower -
y_lower is a boolean value (0 or 1) indicating whether or not y-values (targets) should be scaled. It defaults to 0.
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-s save_filename -
save_filename indicates the filename to save the scaled data to.
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-r restore_filename -
restore_filename indicates the filename reserved to hold the original (unscaled) data in case there is a need to restore.
Files
datafilename must be a training or testing dataset.
Environment
No environment variables.
Diagnostics
None documented; see Vapnik et al.
Releases
10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.