Re: Matrix Minimization
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- Subject: [mg99769] Re: Matrix Minimization
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 01:39:37 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi, you may minimize a real scalar but not a matrix. However, what you can do is to minimize some measure like a Norm of the matrix. Towards this aim, you will have to calculate e.g. Norm[] and then minimize it. Daniel math.mud.mad at gmail.com wrote: > Hi , > > i would like to minimize the following matrix M with respect to A. > > M= E_X + A E_S A' + A E_P A' E_X H' +A E_S H' > H E_X + H E_S A' H E_X H' + H E_S H' + E_Q > > where E_X, E_S, E_P and E_Q are covariance matrices.. > > can we do matrix optimization in mathematica? > > thanks a lot.. >