Cascade/Linear Combination of Kernel Functions

I have a question regarding machine learning and specifically kernel functions. Suppose we have a Kernel function, say K(x), and also another distinct one, say K'(x). I want to know is K(K'(x)) a kernel function as well? That is, if one feeds the output of a kernel function to another kernel, what does it mean? does it make sense or not? Another question is about the expected behavior of linear combination of well-known kernels,such as RBF, polynomial and MLP. Suppose the MLP kernel yields 60% of accuracy in a classification task and RBF yields 85%. Does necessarily the RBF+MLP yield a better accuracy compared to the one resulted by MLP? Thanks in advance.

asked Apr 7, 2014 at 8:02 742 1 1 gold badge 7 7 silver badges 21 21 bronze badges This question appears to be off-topic because it belongs on stats.stackexchange.com Commented Apr 7, 2014 at 8:06 Yeah, That's true, I'll remove the one in stats.stackexchange.com Commented Apr 7, 2014 at 8:32

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is a mathematics question and not a programming question. It has also been posted here.