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Factor Analysis and Alternating Minimization

Probability 2023-02-27 v1 Optimization and Control

Abstract

In this paper we make a first attempt at understanding how to build an optimal approximate normal factor analysis model. The criterion we have chosen to evaluate the distance between different models is the I-divergence between the corresponding normal laws. The algorithm that we propose for the construction of the best approximation is of an the alternating minimization kind.

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@article{arxiv.0704.2208,
  title  = {Factor Analysis and Alternating Minimization},
  author = {Lorenzo Finesso and Peter Spreij},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2208},
  year   = {2023}
}
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