Suppose I have a series of labelled training inputs $(x_i, y_i)$, and a kernel function $k$ on the input domain, with a corresponding RKHS $H$. Now form the Gram matrix $A$, where $A_{ij}=k(x_i, x_j)$. If $A$ is positive-definite, then there is a unique solution to

$$A\alpha=y$$

where $y$ is the vector of training labels. If I solve that system, then the function

$$f(x)=\sum_i\alpha_ik(x,x_i)$$

is, if I understand correctly, the minimum RKHS norm $f$ in the RKHS $H$ such that $f(x_i)=y_i$ for all $i$, by the Representer Theorem.

This defines a supervised learning procedure, by which I mean an algorithm which given a labelled training set, produces a hypothesis function on the input domain. **Does this learning procedure have a name?** I don't think it's equivalent to a Support Vector Machine, which is usually what comes up when I try googling for something like this. [Kernel method](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_method) seems to mean something more general, and [kernel regression](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_regression) seems to mean something different - I don't recognize any of the formulae in that article.