# Train a linear model

Model / supervised

linear models, SVM, naive Bayes trained as a predictor

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/train-a-linear-model>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#train-a-linear-model)

## Variants

- Train a discriminant analysis classifier: Train a linear, quadratic or regularised discriminant analysis classifier.
- Train a linear regression to predict a number: Train a linear regression, plain or regularised, to predict a number.
- Fit a logistic regression: Train a logistic regression classifier for two or more classes.
- [Train a naive Bayes classifier](https://meridian.online/operations/train-a-linear-model/train-a-naive-bayes-classifier): Train a naive Bayes classifier from labelled rows.
- Fit another regression-family model: Train splines, polynomial, Gaussian process and other models outside the main families.
- Train a perceptron: Train a single-layer perceptron that finds a separating hyperplane.
- [Train a support vector machine](https://meridian.online/operations/train-a-linear-model/train-a-support-vector-machine): Train a support vector machine for classification or regression.

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 86.2% of 312 rows (exact class, version 2).

- Alteryx Designer: [`Naive Bayes Classifier`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/predictive/naive-bayes-classifier-tool.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Alteryx Designer: [`Spline Model`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/predictive/spline-model-tool.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Alteryx Designer: [`Support Vector Machine`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/predictive/support-vector-machine-tool.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`KNIME LIBSVM Integration (extension)`](https://api.hub.knime.com/extensions/org.knime.features.ext.libsvm) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`KNIME Nodes for Scikit-Learn (sklearn) Algorithms (extension)`](https://api.hub.knime.com/extensions/org.knime.python.features.sklearn) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Naive Bayes Learner`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*sCeaA1r8IxxhtcDH?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`SVM Learner`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*eTTAGRT-ku7Z8LJb?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- mlpack: [`BayesianLinearRegression`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/modeling.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- mlpack: [`LARS`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/modeling.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- mlpack: [`LinearRegression`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/modeling.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- mlpack: [`LinearSVM`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/modeling.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- mlpack: [`LogisticRegression`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/modeling.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- mlpack: [`NaiveBayesClassifier`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/modeling.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- mlpack: [`Perceptron`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/modeling.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- mlpack: [`SoftmaxRegression`](https://www.mlpack.org/doc/user/modeling.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- mlpack: [`mlpack_linear_regression_fit`](https://duckdb.org/community_extensions/extensions/mlpack) (read 2026-09-27)
- mlpack: [`mlpack_logistic_regression_fit`](https://duckdb.org/community_extensions/extensions/mlpack) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Fast Large Margin`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/support_vector_machines/fast_large_margin.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Gaussian Process`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/functions/gaussian_process.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Generalized Linear Model`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/functions/generalized_linear_model.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Linear Discriminant Analysis`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/discriminant_analysis/linear_discriminant_analysis.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Linear Regression`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/functions/linear_regression.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Local Polynomial Regression`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/functions/local_polynomial_regression.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Logistic Regression`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/index.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Logistic Regression (Evolutionary)`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/logistic_regression/logistic_regression_evolutionary.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Logistic Regression (SVM)`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/logistic_regression/logistic_regression.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Naive Bayes`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/bayesian/naive_bayes.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Naive Bayes (Kernel)`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/bayesian/naive_bayes_kernel.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Perceptron`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/neural_nets/perceptron.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Polynomial Regression`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/functions/polynomial_regression.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Quadratic Discriminant Analysis`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/discriminant_analysis/quadratic_discriminant_analysis.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Regularized Discriminant Analysis`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/discriminant_analysis/regularized_discriminant_analysis.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Relevance Vector Machine`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/functions/relevance_vector_machine.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Seemingly Unrelated Regression`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/functions/seemingly_unrelated_regression.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Support Vector Machine`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/support_vector_machines/hyper_hyper.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Support Vector Machine`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/support_vector_machines/support_vector_machine.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Support Vector Machine (Evolutionary)`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/support_vector_machines/support_vector_machine_evolutionary.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Support Vector Machine (LibSVM)`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/support_vector_machines/support_vector_machine_libsvm.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Support Vector Machine (Linear)`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/support_vector_machines/support_vector_machine_linear.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Support Vector Machine (PSO)`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/support_vector_machines/support_vector_machine_pso.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`Vector Linear Regression`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/modeling/predictive/functions/vector_linear_regression.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tLinearRegressionModel`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/machine-learning/machine-learning-component) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tLogisticRegressionModel`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/machine-learning/machine-learning-component) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tNaiveBayesModel`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/machine-learning/machine-learning-component) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`tSVMModel`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/machine-learning/machine-learning-component) (read 2026-09-27)
