Finally understand the concept behind SVM + Implementation in Python via scikit-learn source: unsplash (Bekky Bekks) Support Vector Machines (SVM) are not new but are still a powerful tool for classification due to their tendency not to overfit, but to perform well in many cases. Of course, there exist already other articles about SVM, but none of them fully explain the topics that will be covered here: What’s the mathematical concept behind the Support Vector Machine?