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What is the computational complexity of SVM training?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
SVM training complexity is between O(n²) and O(n³) depending on implementation and kernel.
Deep explanation
Kernel SVM requires computation of kernel matrix which grows quadratically with data size. Solving quadratic programming adds further cubic complexity in worst cases.
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