To further understand the quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) of fluorine-containing pesticide and improve the prediction precision of QSAR models, a novel nonlinear combinatorial forecast method named Multi-KNN-SVR, multi-K-nearest neighbor based on support vector regression, was proposed. The novel method includes the following key steps: firstly, seeking the best kernel automatically based on the minimum mean square error (MSE); secondly, screening descriptors nonlinearly by F-test; finally, carrying out the combinatorial forecast with multiple KNN sub-models. Multi-KNN-SVR ...