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What is the effect of C parameter on bias-variance tradeoff in SVM?

Updated May 17, 2026

Short answer

C controls tradeoff between margin size and training error.

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High C reduces training error but increases variance (overfitting). Low C increases margin but allows more errors, increasing bias but improving generalization.

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