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Projection onto the probability simplex: An efficient algorithm with a simple proof, and an application

Machine Learning 2013-09-09 v1 Optimization and Control Machine Learning

Abstract

We provide an elementary proof of a simple, efficient algorithm for computing the Euclidean projection of a point onto the probability simplex. We also show an application in Laplacian K-modes clustering.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1309.1541,
  title  = {Projection onto the probability simplex: An efficient algorithm with a simple proof, and an application},
  author = {Weiran Wang and Miguel Á. Carreira-Perpiñán},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.1541},
  year   = {2013}
}

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5 pages

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