Robust LS-SVM regression using fuzzy C-means clustering

The least squares support vector machine(LS-SVM) is a widely applicable and useful machine learning technique for classification and regression. The solution of LS-SVM is easily obtained from the linear Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions instead of a quadratic programming problem of SVM. However, LS-SVM is less robust due to the assumption of the errors and the use of a squared loss function. In this paper we propose a robust LS-SVM regression method which imposes the robustness on the estimation of LS-SVM regression by assigning weight to each data point, which represents the membership degree to cluster. In the numerical studies, the robust LS-SVM regression is compared with the ordinary LS-SVM regression.