Re: least-squares problem: B ~ X.A
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- Subject: [mg57381] Re: [mg57329] least-squares problem: B ~ X.A
- From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 04:31:24 -0400 (EDT)
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On May 25, 2005, at 6:02 AM, Pascal wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to find the solution of the least-squares problem: B ~ > X.A, > that is, given matrices B and A, find matrix X which minimizes the > difference between B and X.A > (typical dimensions, B: 500x60, X: 500x5, A: 5x60) > Can Mathematica do that? > I believe the pseudoinverse satisfies your requirement, in particular X = B.PseudoInverse[A]. Regards, Ssezi
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- From: "Pascal" <Pascal.Plaza@ens.fr>
- least-squares problem: B ~ X.A