Universal Kernels

In this paper we investigate conditions on the features of a continuous kernel so that it may approximate an arbitrary continuous target function uniformly on any compact subset of the input space. A number of concrete examples are given of kernels with this universal approximating property.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: JMLR
• Authors: Charles A. Micchelli, Yuesheng Xu, Haizhang Zhang
• Keywords: Arbitrary Continuous Target, Continuous Kernel, JMLR 2006, Universal Approximating Property