abstract = "The Support Vector Machine (SVM) is a popular approach
to the classification of data. One problem of SVM is
how to choose a kernel and the parameters for the
kernel. This paper proposes a classification technique,
called GPES, that combines Genetic Programming (GP) and
Evolutionary Strategies (ES) to evolve a hybrid kernel
for an SVM classifier. The hybrid kernels are
represented as trees that have some adjustable
parameters. These hybrid kernels are also the Mercer's
kernels. The experimental results are compared with a
standard SVM classifier using the polynomial and radial
basis function kernels with various parameter
settings.",
notes = "CEC 2007 - A joint meeting of the IEEE, the EPS, and
the IET.