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Matrix factorization is a widely used approach for top-N recommendation and collaborative filtering. When implemented on implicit feedback data (such as clicks), a common heuristic is to upweight the observed interactions. This strategy has…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Alex Ayoub , Samuel Robertson , Dawen Liang , Harald Steck , Nathan Kallus

A problem that is frequently encountered in a variety of mathematical contexts, is to find the common invariant subspaces of a single, or set of matrices. A new method is proposed that gives a definitive answer to this problem. The key idea…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2024-08-29 Ahmad Y. Al-Dweik , Ryad Ghanam , Gerard Thompson , Hassan Azad

Non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) is one of the most popular decomposition techniques for multivariate data. NMF is a core method for many machine-learning related computational problems, such as data compression, feature extraction,…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-12-07 Gabriele Torre , Michael Graber

We introduce a new approach to an enumerative problem closely linked with the geometry of branched coverings; that is, we study the number of ways a permutation can be decomposed into a product of a given number of 2-cycles, 3-cycles, etc.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 John Irving

This paper aims at a better understanding of matrix factorization (MF), factorization machines (FM), and their combination with deep algorithms' application in recommendation systems. Specifically, this paper will focus on Singular Value…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Yuefeng Zhang

In this paper we examine an inverse problem in the modular theory of von Neumann algebras in the case of finite factors. First we give a characterization of cyclic and separating vectors for finite factors in terms of operators associated…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Stefan Boller

Since its introduction in 2012, the factorization theory for rational motions quickly evolved and found applications in theoretical and applied mechanism science. We provide an accessible introduction to motion factorization with many…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-06-30 Zijia Li , Tudor-Dan Rad , Josef Schicho , Hans-Peter Schröcker

Matrix denoising is central to signal processing and machine learning. Its statistical analysis when the matrix to infer has a factorised structure with a rank growing proportionally to its dimension remains a challenge, except when it is…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-03-17 Jean Barbier , Francesco Camilli , Justin Ko , Koki Okajima

Matrix factorization exploits the idea that, in complex high-dimensional data, the actual signal typically lies in lower-dimensional structures. These lower dimensional objects provide useful insight, with interpretability favored by sparse…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-12-14 Lorenzo Schiavon , Bernardo Nipoti , Antonio Canale

Numerical computations involving rational matrices often benefit from preserving underlying matrix structures such as symmetry, Hermitian properties, or sparsity that reflect physical, geometric, or algebraic characteristics of the system.…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Avisek Bist , Namita Behera

The Moore-Penrose algorithm provides a generalized notion of an inverse, applicable to degenerate matrices. In this paper, we introduce a covariant extension of the Moore-Penrose method that permits to deal with general relativity involving…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-04 Arthur Garnier , Emmanuele Battista

A primary interest in dynamic inverse problems is to identify the underlying temporal behaviour of the system from outside measurements. In this work we consider the case, where the target can be represented by a decomposition of spatial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Simon Arridge , Pascal Fernsel , Andreas Hauptmann

Recent efforts to unravel the mystery of implicit regularization in deep learning have led to a theoretical focus on matrix factorization -- matrix completion via linear neural network. As a step further towards practical deep learning, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-10 Noam Razin , Asaf Maman , Nadav Cohen

A matrix factorization problem is considered. The matrix to be factorized is algebraic, has dimension 2 X 2 and belongs to Moiseev's class. A new method of factorization is proposed. First, the matrix factorization problem is reduced to a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-24 A. V. Shanin

Non-negative matrix factorization is a popular tool for decomposing data into feature and weight matrices under non-negativity constraints. It enjoys practical success but is poorly understood theoretically. This paper proposes an algorithm…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Yuanzhi Li , Yingyu Liang , Andrej Risteski

Nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) has an established reputation as a useful data analysis technique in numerous applications. However, its usage in practical situations is undergoing challenges in recent years. The fundamental factor…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-05-04 Mariano Tepper , Guillermo Sapiro

This work investigates the geometry of a nonconvex reformulation of minimizing a general convex loss function $f(X)$ regularized by the matrix nuclear norm $\|X\|_*$. Nuclear-norm regularized matrix inverse problems are at the heart of many…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-04-07 Qiuwei Li , Zhihui Zhu , Gongguo Tang

Matrix factorization is a simple and effective solution to the recommendation problem. It has been extensively employed in the industry and has attracted much attention from the academia. However, it is unclear what the low-dimensional…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-08-29 Farhan Khawar , Nevin L. Zhang

We address the problem of efficient sparse fixed-rank (S-FR) matrix decomposition, i.e., splitting a corrupted matrix $M$ into an uncorrupted matrix $L$ of rank $r$ and a sparse matrix of outliers $S$. Fixed-rank constraints are usually…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-03-26 German Ros , Julio Guerrero

Interpretability has become an important issue in the machine learning field, along with the success of layered neural networks in various practical tasks. Since a trained layered neural network consists of a complex nonlinear relationship…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-05-22 Chihiro Watanabe , Kaoru Hiramatsu , Kunio Kashino