rrcov3way (version 0.5-0)

cp_als: Alternating Least Squares (ALS) for Candecomp/Parafac (CP)

Description

Alternating Least Squares (ALS) algorithm with optional constraints for the minimization of the Candecomp/Parafac (CP) loss function.

Usage

cp_als(
  X,
  n,
  m,
  p,
  ncomp,
  const = "none",
  start = "random",
  conv = 1e-06,
  maxit = 10000,
  trace = FALSE
)

Value

The result of the decomposition as a list with the following elements:

• fit Value of the loss function

• fp Fit value expressed as a percentage

• ss Sum of squares

• A Component matrix for the A-mode

• B Component matrix for the B-mode

• C Component matrix for the C-mode

• iter Number of iterations

• tripcos Minimal triple cosine between two components across the three component matrices, used to inspect degeneracy

• mintripcos Minimal triple cosine during the iterative algorithm observed at every 10 iterations, used to inspect degeneracy

• ftiter Matrix containing in each row the function value and the minimal triple cosine at every 10 iterations

• const Optional constraints (same as the input parameter const)

Arguments

X

A three-way array or a matrix. If X is a matrix (matricised threeway array), n, m and p must be given and are the number of A-, B- and C-mode entities respectively

n

Number of A-mode entities

m

Number of B-mode entities

p

Number of C-mode entities

ncomp

Number of components to extract

const

Optional constraints for each mode. Can be a three element character vector or a single character, one of "none" for no constraints (default), "orth" for orthogonality constraints, "nonneg" for nonnegativity constraints or "zerocor" for zero correlation between the extracted factors. For example, const="orth" means orthogonality constraints for all modes, while const=c("orth", "none", "none") sets the orthogonality constraint only for mode A.

start

Initial values for the A, B and C components. Can be "svd" for starting point of the algorithm from SVD's, "random" for random starting point (orthonormalized component matrices or nonnegative matrices in case of nonnegativity constraint), or a list containing user specified components.

conv

Convergence criterion, default is conv=1e-6.

maxit

Maximum number of iterations, default is maxit=10000.

trace

Logical, provide trace output.

Author

Valentin Todorov,

References

Harshman, R.A. (1970). Foundations of Parafac procedure: models and conditions for an "explanatory" multi-mode factor analysis. UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics, 16: 1--84.

Harshman, R. A., & Lundy, M. E. (1994). PARAFAC: Parallel factor analysis. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 18, 39--72.

Lawson CL, Hanson RJ (1974). Solving Least Squares Problems. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
## Example with the OECD data
 data(elind)
 dim(elind)

 res <- cp_als(elind, ncomp=3)
 res$fp
 res$fp
 res$iter

 res <- cp_als(elind, ncomp=3, const="nonneg")
 res$A
}