Related papers: Randomized Cholesky QR factorizations
Matrix factorization is a well-studied task in machine learning for compactly representing large, noisy data. In our approach, instead of using the traditional concept of matrix rank, we define a new notion of link-rank based on a…
Quantile-based randomized Kaczmarz (QRK) was recently introduced to efficiently solve sparsely corrupted linear systems $\mathbf{A} \mathbf{x}^*+\mathbf{\epsilon} = \mathbf{b}$ [SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl., 43(2), 605-637], where…
Tile low rank representations of dense matrices partition them into blocks of roughly uniform size, where each off-diagonal tile is compressed and stored as its own low rank factorization. They offer an attractive representation for many…
We introduce a randomized algorithm, namely RCHOL, to construct an approximate Cholesky factorization for a given Laplacian matrix (a.k.a., graph Laplacian). From a graph perspective, the exact Cholesky factorization introduces a clique in…
Direct factorization methods for the solution of large, sparse linear systems that arise from PDE discretizations are robust, but typically show poor time and memory scalability for large systems. In this paper, we describe an efficient…
Randomized sampling has recently been proven a highly efficient technique for computing approximate factorizations of matrices that have low numerical rank. This paper describes an extension of such techniques to a wider class of matrices…
In this article, an efficient numerical method for computing both the matrix exponential and a finite horizon controllability Gramian in Cholesky-factored form is proposed. The method is applicable to general dense matrices of moderate size…
Randomized sampling has recently been demonstrated to be an efficient technique for computing approximate low-rank factorizations of matrices for which fast methods for computing matrix vector products are available. This paper describes an…
Prior to computing the Cholesky factorization of a sparse, symmetric positive definite matrix, a reordering of the rows and columns is computed so as to reduce both the number of fill elements in Cholesky factor and the number of arithmetic…
As Computed Tomography (CT) scans are an essential medical test, many techniques have been proposed to reconstruct high-quality images using a smaller amount of radiation. One approach is to employ algebraic factorization methods to…
We present Flip-Flop Spectrum-Revealing QR (Flip-Flop SRQR) factorization, a significantly faster and more reliable variant of the QLP factorization of Stewart, for low-rank matrix approximations. Flip-Flop SRQR uses SRQR factorization to…
We present an overview of randomized orthogonalization techniques that construct a well-conditioned basis whose sketch is orthonormal. Randomized orthogonalization has recently emerged as a powerful paradigm for reducing the computational…
This paper studies the estimation of a large covariance matrix. We introduce a novel procedure called ChoSelect based on the Cholesky factor of the inverse covariance. This method uses a dimension reduction strategy by selecting the pattern…
This paper highlights a formal connection between two families of widely used matrix factorization algorithms in numerical linear algebra. One family consists of the Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm and its variants for computing the Hermitian…
Cholesky factorization is a widely used method for solving linear systems involving symmetric, positive-definite matrices, and can be an attractive choice in applications where a high degree of numerical stability is needed. One such…
The dominant cost in solving least-square problems using Newton's method is often that of factorizing the Hessian matrix over multiple values of the regularization parameter ($\lambda$). We propose an efficient way to interpolate the…
We present a fast direct algorithm for computing symmetric factorizations, i.e. $A = WW^T$, of symmetric positive-definite hierarchical matrices with weak-admissibility conditions. The computational cost for the symmetric factorization…
We present a fast sparse matrix permutation algorithm tailored to linear systems arising from triangle meshes. Our approach produces nested-dissection-style permutations while significantly reducing permutation runtime overhead. Rather than…
In this paper an approach for finding a sparse incomplete Cholesky factor through an incomplete orthogonal factorization with Givens rotations is discussed and applied to Gaussian Markov random fields (GMRFs). The incomplete Cholesky factor…
Square matrices appear in many machine learning problems and models. Optimization over a large square matrix is expensive in memory and in time. Therefore an economic approximation is needed. Conventional approximation approaches factorize…