 % This file is public domain
\documentclass[a4paper]{report}

\usepackage[colorlinks,plainpages=false]{hyperref}

\usepackage[acronym,% create 'acronym' glossary type
            nomain,% 'main' glossary not needed as using 'acronym'
            style=altlist, % use altlist style
            toc, % add the glossary to the table of contents
            sanitize={description=false},% want to use description in main document
            smallcaps,%
            description% acronyms have a user-supplied description
           ]{glossaries}

\makeglossaries

\renewcommand*{\glsseeitemformat}[1]{\acronymfont{\glsentrytext{#1}}}

\renewcommand*{\acrnameformat}[2]{\acronymfont{#1} (#2)}


\renewcommand*{\glsnamefont}[1]{\textmd{#1}}

\newacronym[description={Statistical pattern recognition
technique~\protect\cite{svm}}, % acronym's description
]{svm}{svm}{support vector machine}

\newacronym[description={Statistical pattern recognition technique
using the ``kernel trick''},% acronym's description
see={[see also]{svm}},
]{ksvm}{ksvm}{kernel
support vector machine}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\chapter{Support Vector Machines}

The \gls{svm} is used widely in the area of pattern recognition.
 % plural form with initial letter in uppercase:
\Glspl{svm} are \ldots

Short version: \acrshort{svm}. Long version: \acrlong{svm}. Full
version: \acrfull{svm}. Description: \glsentrydesc{svm}.

This is the entry in uppercase: \GLS{svm}.

\chapter{Kernel Support Vector Machines}

The \gls{ksvm} is \ifglsused{svm}{an}{a} \gls{svm} that uses
the so called ``kernel trick''. This is the entry's description without
a link: \glsentrydesc{ksvm}.

\glsresetall
Possessive: \gls{ksvm}['s].
Make the glossary entry number bold for this
one \gls[format=hyperbf]{svm}.

\begin{thebibliography}{1}
\bibitem{svm} \ldots
\end{thebibliography}

\printglossary

\end{document}
