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48 results for principal-component analysis

The paper introduces a method for interpretable principal component analysis of high-dimensional time series.

problem Inconsistent and difficult-to-interpret principal component estimates in high-dimensional regimes.
method Localized sparse principal component analysis of spectral density matrices in frequency domain.
result Efficient algorithm for sparse-localized estimates of principal subspaces.

Essential principal components simplify spectral analysis with minimal training data.

problem Accurate spectral quantification from complex mixtures.
method Identifying essential principal components and using molar extinction coefficients.
result Near one-to-one projection from principal components to mixture constituents.

New simulations advise caution in choosing principal components for multivariate functional data.

problem Inaccurate selection of principal components in multivariate functional data.
method Extensive simulations investigating the reliability of percentage of variance explained thresholds.
result Conventional threshold methods may fail to accurately explain overall variance in multivariate functional data.

Conventional principal component analysis (PCA) finds a principal vector that maximizes the sum of second powers of principal components. We consider a generalized PCA that aims at maximizing the sum of an arbitrary convex function of principal components. We present a gradient ascent algorithm to solve the problem. Fo…

2019-10-29abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method uses Gram matrix for efficient multivariate functional principal components.

problem Efficiently estimating eigencomponents of multidimensional functional datasets.
method Proposes using inner-product matrix to estimate eigenelements of multivariate and multidimensional functional datasets.
result Established relationship between eigenelements of covariance operator and inner-product matrix.

GT-PCA improves PCA for image and time series data.

problem Lack of robustness to transformations in PCA.
method GT-PCA is a neural network that estimates components invariant to specific transformations.
result GT-PCA outperforms alternative methods in synthetic and real data experiments.

The paper uses PCA and HMM to forecast stock returns outperforming buy-and-hold.

problem Predicting stock returns accurately.
method Applied PCA to covariance matrix of S&P 500 stocks, used HMM on principal components, and forecasted stock returns.
result The model outperforms buy-and-hold strategy in terms of annualized Sharpe ratio.

Study explores K-means clustering of variables and its relation to PCA.

problem Exploring the relationship between K-means clustering of variables and PCA.
method Apply PCA to original data and K-means to transposed data, quantify variable contributions to principal components.
result Identifies how variable clusters contribute to principal components identified by PCA.

Regularized MFPCA smooths multivariate functional data for clearer patterns.

problem Challenges in controlling roughness of multivariate functional PCs.
method ReMFPCA incorporates a roughness penalty in a penalized framework to smooth PCs.
result Smoothed multivariate functional PCs reveal clearer patterns.

We propose a fair principal component analysis method that balances reconstruction error and subgroup fairness.

problem Fairness and robustness in principal component analysis for consequential domains.
method Distributionally robust optimization over the Stiefel manifold with a Riemannian subgradient descent.
result The proposed method achieves better performance on real-world datasets compared to state-of-the-art baselines.

Generalized principal component analysis (GLM-PCA) facilitates dimension reduction of non-normally distributed data. We provide a detailed derivation of GLM-PCA with a focus on optimization. We also demonstrate how to incorporate covariates, and suggest post-processing transformations to improve interpretability of lat…

2019-07-03abs ↗pdf ↗

We show how to efficiently project a vector onto the top principal components of a matrix, without explicitly computing these components. Specifically, we introduce an iterative algorithm that provably computes the projection using few calls to any black-box routine for ridge regression. By avoiding explicit principal …

2016-02-22abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper the exact linear relation between the leading eigenvectors of the modularity matrix and the singular vectors of an uncentered data matrix is developed. Based on this analysis the concept of a modularity component is defined, and its properties are developed. It is shown that modularity component analysis …

2015-10-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved convergence speed of principal component analysis through modified learning rules.

problem Slow convergence for covariance matrices with close eigenvalues.
method Introduced an additional term to the objective function to mitigate convergence issues.
result Significantly improved convergence speed confirmed through simulations.

Principal component analysis (PCA) is a mainstay of modern data analysis - a black box that is widely used but (sometimes) poorly understood. The goal of this paper is to dispel the magic behind this black box. This manuscript focuses on building a solid intuition for how and why principal component analysis works. Thi…

2014-04-03abs ↗pdf ↗

This study improves estimation of the first principal component in multivariate functional data.

problem Estimating the first principal component of multivariate random processes.
method Defined covariance functions and operators, introduced LASSO optimization, and established minimax lower bounds.
result The method provides an optimal variance in the minimax sense for estimating eigenelements.

SP-SPCA improves sparse PCA by adaptively adjusting variable penalties, enhancing interpretability and stability.

problem Poor interpretability and variable redundancy in PCA for high-dimensional data.
method Introduces a single equilibrium parameter to adaptively adjust variable penalties in the L2 regularization framework.
result Consistently outperforms standard sparse PCA methods in identifying sparse loading patterns and preserving cumulative variance.

Unified study of principal component analysis under various structured signal models.

problem Principal component analysis with structured signals.
method Unified analysis using the spiked Wishart model and projected power method.
result Established fundamental limits and demonstrated local convergence for structured signal models.

Kernel PCA explains self-attention mechanisms in deep learning models.

problem Understanding and explaining self-attention mechanisms in deep learning models.
method Deriving self-attention from kernel principal component analysis (kernel PCA).
result RPC-Attention, a robust attention mechanism, outperforms softmax attention in various tasks.

We investigate the difference between using an 1\ell_1 penalty versus an 1\ell_1 constraint in generalized eigenvalue problems, such as principal component analysis and discriminant analysis. Our main finding is that an 1\ell_1 penalty may fail to provide very sparse solutions; a severe disadvantage for variable sel…

2014-10-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Sparse principal component analysis (SPCA) has emerged as a powerful technique for modern data analysis, providing improved interpretation of low-rank structures by identifying localized spatial structures in the data and disambiguating between distinct time scales. We demonstrate a robust and scalable SPCA algorithm b…

2018-04-01abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper is a tutorial for eigenvalue and generalized eigenvalue problems. We first introduce eigenvalue problem, eigen-decomposition (spectral decomposition), and generalized eigenvalue problem. Then, we mention the optimization problems which yield to the eigenvalue and generalized eigenvalue problems. We also prov…

2019-03-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Robust PCA methods are typically batch algorithms which requires loading all observations into memory before processing. This makes them inefficient to process big data. In this paper, we develop an efficient online robust principal component methods, namely online moving window robust principal component analysis (OMW…

2017-02-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Attention learns PCA on Gaussian data, proving its connection to principal component analysis.

problem Principal component analysis on Gaussian data.
method Analysis of attention mechanisms through PCA, covering finite and infinite prompt regimes.
result Attention aligns with principal eigenvectors of covariance matrices, converging to optimal solutions in the infinite-prompt limit.