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The Kaczmarz algorithm is a well known iterative method for solving overdetermined linear systems. Its randomized version yields provably exponential convergence in expectation. In this paper, we propose two new methods to speed up the…
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We present a Projection onto Convex Sets (POCS) type algorithm for solving systems of linear equations. POCS methods have found many applications ranging from computer tomography to digital signal and image processing. The Kaczmarz method…
In this paper, we consider a subset selection problem in a spatial field where we seek to find a set of k locations whose observations provide the best estimate of the field value at a finite set of prediction locations. The measurements…
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Randomized iterative algorithms have recently been proposed to solve large-scale linear systems. In this paper, we present a simple randomized extended block Kaczmarz algorithm that exponentially converges in the mean square to the unique…
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