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An active-set algorithm for spectral unmixing

Signal Processing 2025-12-19 v1

Abstract

Linear spectral unmixing under nonnegativity and sum-to-one constraints is a convex optimization problem for which many algorithms were proposed. In practice, especially for supervised unmixing (i.e., with a large dictionary), solutions tend to be sparse due to the nonnegativity of the abundances, thereby motivating the use of an active-set solver. Given the problem specific features, it seems advantageous to design a dedicated algorithm in order to gain computational performance compared to generic solvers. In this paper, we propose to derive such a specific algorithm, while extending the nonnegativity constraints to broader minimum abundance constraints.

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@article{arxiv.2512.16432,
  title  = {An active-set algorithm for spectral unmixing},
  author = {Nils Foix-Colonier and Sébastien Bourguignon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.16432},
  year   = {2025}
}
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