# statasvm

**Repository Path**: arlionn/statasvm

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: statasvm
- **Description**: SVM in Stata
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 2
- **Forks**: 3
- **Created**: 2020-02-25
- **Last Updated**: 2024-06-01

## Categories & Tags

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**Tags**: None

## README

Stata-SVM
=========

This is a [Stata plugin](http://www.stata.com/plugins) wrapping [libsvm](http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvm/)
to offer Support Vector Machine based algorithms, both regression and classification, to Stata users.

If you use this in a project, please cite it as:

> Guenther, Nick, and Matthias Schonlau. "Support vector machines." Stata Journal 16, no. 4 (December 23, 2016): 917-37. http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0461. 


Originally written by [Nick Guenther](http://github.com/kousu) and [Professor Matthias Schonlau](http://www.schonlau.net).

Installation
------------

In Stata:
```
. ssc install svmachines
```
will install the most recent version of this wrapper.

As it is only a wrapper, so you need to install [libsvm](http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvm/) too:

### Windows

On Windows, libsvm is bundled with this package so installation requires no further steps.

### OS X

* `brew install libsvm` _OR_
* `port install libsvm`

### Unix

* Debian-derivatives: `apt-get install libsvm3`
* Arch: libsvm is [in the AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libsvm/)
* Redhat/Fedora: `yum install libsvm` (**UNTESTED**)
* You can manually [download](http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/cgi-bin/libsvm.cgi?+http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvm+tar.gz) and follow the [build instructions](https://github.com/cjlin1/libsvm).

Alternate Installation
----------------------

If the published [SSC](https://www.stata.com/support/ssc-installation/) [copy](fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/s/svmachines.pkg) is not working, try the original [Stata Journal](https://www.stata-journal.com/) [copy](https://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj16-4/st0461.pkg)

```
. net uninstall svmachines
. net sj 16-4
. net install st0461
```

If that still isn't working for you, you can also install directly out of this repository:
download [svmachines.zip](svmachines.zip), unzip it somewhere, such as `/tmp/stata_install/`
and make sure that creates `/tmp/stata_install/svmachines.pkg` as well as the folder
`/tmp/stata_install/svmachines/`. Then, in Stata, run

```
. net uninstall svmachines
. net uninstall st0461
. net use /tmp/stata_install
. net install svmachines
```

If that still isn't working please contact us via email or Github Issues.

Usage
-----

See `help svmachines`