abstract = "Selecting a suitable kernel for relevance vector
machine is one of most challenging aspects of
successfully using this learning tool. Efficiently
automating the search for such a kernel is therefore
desirable. This paper proposes a data-driven kernel
function construction and optimisation method, which
combines genetic programming (GP) and relevance vector
regression to evolve an optimal or near-optimal kernel
function, named GP-Kernel. The evolved kernel is
compared to several widely used kernels on several
regression benchmark datasets. Empirical results
demonstrate that RVM using such GP-Kernel can
outperform or match the best performance of standard
kernels.",
notes = "College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation,
National University of Defense Technology, Changsha,
China