Wensen An , Yanguang Sun , PKSVR: A Novel Prior Knowledge-based Support Vector Regression, Asian Journal of Information Technology, Volume 4,Issue 11, 2005, Pages 978-980, ISSN 1682-3915, ajit.2005.978.980, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2005.978.980) Abstract: Standard formulation of support vector regression is first introduced, and then a modification of classical support vector regression is discussed detailedly by incorporating prior knowledge in the form of inequalities to be satisfied by the desired regression function as a means of compensating for a shortage of training data. Experimental result shows that the proposed method can significantly improve the performance of support vector regression. Keywords: Prior knowledge;support vector regression;support vector machines