SVDD Procedure

INPUT Statement

INPUT variables / <LEVEL=INTERVAL | NOMINAL>;

The INPUT statement specifies the names of variables to be used in training. Only interval, binary, and nominal variables are accepted. If you want to use different options for different variables, you can specify multiple INPUT statements.

You can specify the following option after a slash (/):

LEVEL=INTERVAL | NOMINAL

specifies whether the specified input variables are continuous or categorical. You can specify the following values:

INTERVAL: specifies that the input variables are continuous.
NOMINAL: specifies that the input variables are categorical.

By default, LEVEL=INTERVAL for numeric variables and LEVEL=NOMINAL for categorical variables. Binary variables are considered to be categorical variables.

Last updated: August 06, 2026