Why are categories in the Simulator of AutoML shown in NB Simulator but not in SVM Simulator?

DocMusher
DocMusher New Altair Community Member
edited November 2024 in Community Q&A
Why are categories in the Simulator of AutoML shown in NB Simulator but not in SVM Simulator. In the original dataset the columns defined as categories are shown as categories in the NB Simulator (see attachments)
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Sven
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  • MartinLiebig
    MartinLiebig
    Altair Employee
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    Hi,
    SVM cant work on nominal columns, so AutoModel converts them into numericals using dummy encoding. Thats why don't appear as dropdowns, but as 0-1 variables.

    Cheers,
    Martin

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  • MartinLiebig
    MartinLiebig
    Altair Employee
    Answer ✓
    Hi,
    SVM cant work on nominal columns, so AutoModel converts them into numericals using dummy encoding. Thats why don't appear as dropdowns, but as 0-1 variables.

    Cheers,
    Martin