I use the svm package kernlab .I have two question. In R library(kernlab) m=ksvm(xtrain,ytrain,type="C-svc",kernel=custom function, C=10) alpha(m) alphaindex(m) I can get alpha value and alpha index about package. 1. Assumption that number of sample are 20. number of support vectors are 15. then rest 5`s alphas are 0? 2. I want use kernelMatrix xtrain=as.matrix(xtrain) k=KernelMatrix(custom function, xtrain) it is k equal kernel matrix? thanks for your attention. wait your reply -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/I-need-help-for-svm-package-kernlab-in-R-tp4642996.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.