Robust kernel ridge regression based on M-estimation

Ridge regression (RR) and kernel ridge regression (KRR) are important tools to avoid the effects of multicollinearity. However, the predictions of RR and KRR become inappropriate for use in regression models when data are contaminated by outliers. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to obtain a nonlinear robust prediction without specifying a nonlinear model in advance. We combine M-estimation and kernel ridge regression to obtain the nonlinear prediction. Then, we compare the proposed method with some other methods. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.