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Lassoing Eigenvalues

Methodology 2018-05-23 v1

Abstract

The properties of penalized sample covariance matrices depend on the choice of the penalty function. In this paper, we introduce a class of non-smooth penalty functions for the sample covariance matrix, and demonstrate how this method results in a grouping of the estimated eigenvalues. We refer to this method as "lassoing eigenvalues" or as the "elasso".

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@article{arxiv.1805.08300,
  title  = {Lassoing Eigenvalues},
  author = {David E. Tyler and Mengxi Yi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.08300},
  year   = {2018}
}

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18 pages, 6 figures

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