Algorithms for Sparse Non-negative TUCKER



AbstractThe analysis of large scale data of more modalities than two,
i.e. tensor, has lately become a eld of growing attention. To analyze
such data, decomposition techniques are widely used. The two most common
decompositions for tensors are the TUCKER model and the more
restricted PARAFAC model. Both models can be viewed as generalizations
of the regular factor analysis to data of more than two modalities.
Non-negative matrix factorization, (NMF), in conjunction with sparse
coding has lately been given much attention due to its part based and
easy interpretable representation. While NMF has been extended to the
PARAFAC model no such attempt has been done to extend NMF to the
TUCKER model. However, if the tensor data analyzed is non-negative
it may well be relevant to consider purely additive, i.e. non-negative
TUCKER decompositions. To reduce ambiguities of this type of decomposition
we develop updates that can impose sparseness in any combination
of modalities. Hence, form algorithms for sparse non-negative
TUCKER decompositions, (SN-TUCKER). We demonstrate how the
proposed algorithms are superior to existing algorithms for TUCKER
decompositions when indeed the data and interactions can be considered
non-negative. We further illustrate how sparse coding can help identify
what model, i.e. PARAFAC or TUCKER, is the most appropriate to the
data as well as to select the number of components by turning of excess
components. The algorithms for SN-TUCKER are available.
KeywordsTucker, PARAFAC, Sparse coding, Higher Order Non-negative Matrix Factorization (HONMF)
TypeJournal paper [With referee]
JournalNeural Computation
Year2008    Month August    Vol. 20    No. 8    pp. 2112-2131
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IMM Group(s)Intelligent Signal Processing