Title
On the condition number of the total least squares problem
Abstract
This paper concerns singular value decomposition (SVD)-based computable formulas and bounds for the condition number of the total least squares (TLS) problem. For the TLS problem with the coefficient matrix $$A$$ and the right-hand side $$b$$ , a new closed formula is presented for the condition number. Unlike an important result in the literature that uses the SVDs of both $$A$$ and $$[A,\ b]$$ , our formula only requires the SVD of $$[A,\ b]$$ . Based on the closed formula, both lower and upper bounds for the condition number are derived. It is proved that they are always sharp and estimate the condition number accurately. A few lower and upper bounds are further established that involve at most the smallest two singular values of $$A$$ and of $$[A,\ b]$$ . Tightness of these bounds is discussed, and numerical experiments are presented to confirm our theory and to demonstrate the improvement of our upper bounds over the two upper bounds due to Golub and Van Loan as well as Baboulin and Gratton. Such lower and upper bounds are particularly useful for large scale TLS problems since they require the computation of only a few singular values of $$A$$ and $$[A, \ b]$$ other than all the singular values of them.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1007/s00211-013-0533-9
Numerische Mathematik
Keywords
Field
DocType
15a12,15a18,65f35,singular value,condition number,numerical analysis,singular value decomposition,upper bound
Singular value decomposition,Condition number,Mathematical optimization,Combinatorics,Coefficient matrix,Singular value,Mathematical analysis,Total least squares,Mathematics,Computation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
125
1
null
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.51
8
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhongxiao Jia112118.57
Bingyu Li263.57