Title
Convex approximations to sparse PCA via Lagrangian duality
Abstract
We derive a convex relaxation for cardinality constrained Principal Component Analysis (PCA) by using a simple representation of the L"1 unit ball and standard Lagrangian duality. The resulting convex dual bound is an unconstrained minimization of the sum of two nonsmooth convex functions. Applying a partial smoothing technique reduces the objective to the sum of a smooth and nonsmooth convex function for which an efficient first order algorithm can be applied. Numerical experiments demonstrate its potential.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1016/j.orl.2010.11.005
Oper. Res. Lett.
Keywords
Field
DocType
simple representation,partial smoothing technique,convex approximation,unconstrained minimization,numerical experiment,standard lagrangian duality,principal component analysis,convex programming,unit ball,order algorithm,convex relaxation,sparse principal component analysis,nonsmooth convex function,lagrangian duality,convex function,first order
Combinatorics,Mathematical optimization,Convex combination,Convex hull,Convex set,Subderivative,Convex polytope,Proper convex function,Convex optimization,Convex analysis,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
39
1
Operations Research Letters
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.55
8
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ronny Luss110210.30
Marc Teboulle25075331.34