A kernel is a type of a similarity measure between instances.

A kernel is a type of a similarity measure between instances. Correct Answer True

A kernel is a type of a similarity measure between instances. When we are embedding the data into a high dimensional feature space we introduce the idea of kernels. Mathematical meaning of a kernel is the inner product in some Hilbert space. So a standard interpretation of a kernel is the pair wise similarity between different samples.

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