Manifold-based Algorithms for the Hadamard Decomposition

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Autores principales: Gillis, Nicolas, Saha, Subhayan, Sicilia, Stefano, Vandaele, Arnaud
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author Gillis, Nicolas
Saha, Subhayan
Sicilia, Stefano
Vandaele, Arnaud
author_facet Gillis, Nicolas
Saha, Subhayan
Sicilia, Stefano
Vandaele, Arnaud
contents Given a matrix $X$, and two ranks $r_1$ and $r_2$, the Hadamard decomposition (HD) looks for two low-rank matrices, $X_1$ of rank $r_1$ and $X_2$ of rank $r_2$, both of the same size as $X$, such that $X\approx X_1\circ X_2$, where $\circ$ is the Hadamard (element-wise) product. In most cases, HD is more expressive than standard low-rank approximations such as the truncated singular value decomposition (TSVD), as it can represent higher-rank matrices with the same number of parameters; this is because the rank of $X_1 \circ X_2$ is generically equal to $r_1 r_2$. In this paper, we first present some theoretical insights for HD, in particular a useful reformulation $X\approx WH^\top$ where $W$ and $H$ have $r_1 r_2$ columns and belong to certain manifolds. These allow us to develop three new algorithms for computing HD. The first one uses the representation $X\approx X_1\circ X_2$ and relies on the Manopt toolbox. The other two rely on the reformulation $X\approx WH^\top$: one is a block projected gradient method, and the other is a manifold-based gradient descent algorithm that does not require projection onto the feasible set. The last two algorithms are particularly effective for handling large sparse data. We also propose new initializations that allow us to improve the accuracy of the HD. We compare our algorithms and initialization strategies with the TSVD and with the state of the art. Numerical results show that the new methods are efficient and competitive on both synthetic and real data.
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spellingShingle Manifold-based Algorithms for the Hadamard Decomposition
Gillis, Nicolas
Saha, Subhayan
Sicilia, Stefano
Vandaele, Arnaud
Optimization and Control
Machine Learning
Numerical Analysis
Signal Processing
Given a matrix $X$, and two ranks $r_1$ and $r_2$, the Hadamard decomposition (HD) looks for two low-rank matrices, $X_1$ of rank $r_1$ and $X_2$ of rank $r_2$, both of the same size as $X$, such that $X\approx X_1\circ X_2$, where $\circ$ is the Hadamard (element-wise) product. In most cases, HD is more expressive than standard low-rank approximations such as the truncated singular value decomposition (TSVD), as it can represent higher-rank matrices with the same number of parameters; this is because the rank of $X_1 \circ X_2$ is generically equal to $r_1 r_2$. In this paper, we first present some theoretical insights for HD, in particular a useful reformulation $X\approx WH^\top$ where $W$ and $H$ have $r_1 r_2$ columns and belong to certain manifolds. These allow us to develop three new algorithms for computing HD. The first one uses the representation $X\approx X_1\circ X_2$ and relies on the Manopt toolbox. The other two rely on the reformulation $X\approx WH^\top$: one is a block projected gradient method, and the other is a manifold-based gradient descent algorithm that does not require projection onto the feasible set. The last two algorithms are particularly effective for handling large sparse data. We also propose new initializations that allow us to improve the accuracy of the HD. We compare our algorithms and initialization strategies with the TSVD and with the state of the art. Numerical results show that the new methods are efficient and competitive on both synthetic and real data.
title Manifold-based Algorithms for the Hadamard Decomposition
topic Optimization and Control
Machine Learning
Numerical Analysis
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.28980