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about matrix approximation  
« on: Apr 5th, 2009, 9:07am »
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SVD solves the matrix approximation problem under Frobenius norm.  
What if the matrix norm is defined as maximizing number of zero elements? More specifically, given a matrix A, and a specified rank r (r<rank(A)). Find a matix B such that rank(B)=r and B maxizes the number of zero elements in A-B.
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« Reply #1 on: Aug 9th, 2010, 12:00pm »
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Suppose the matrices are m by n.
 
Is it correct to say that no generality is lost in assuming that B_ij = 0 or B_ij = A_ij?
 
In which case, we could brute-force through all 2^(mn) possible matrices for B, and pick the one such that the number of zeros in A - B is maximized, and rank(B) = r. The only concern is whether or not we can find B such that rank(B) = r under the above assumption.
 
 
 
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