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Schur Complement
The Schur complement is a key tool in the fields of linear algebra, the theory of matrices, numerical analysis, and statistics. It is defined for a block matrix. Suppose ''p'', ''q'' are nonnegative integers such that ''p + q > 0'', and suppose ''A'', ''B'', ''C'', ''D'' are respectively ''p'' × ''p'', ''p'' × ''q'', ''q'' × ''p'', and ''q'' × ''q'' matrices of complex numbers. Let M = \begin A & B \\ C & D \end so that ''M'' is a (''p'' + ''q'') × (''p'' + ''q'') matrix. If ''D'' is invertible, then the Schur complement of the block ''D'' of the matrix ''M'' is the ''p'' × ''p'' matrix defined by M/D := A - BD^C. If ''A'' is invertible, the Schur complement of the block ''A'' of the matrix ''M'' is the ''q'' × ''q'' matrix defined by M/A := D - CA^B. In the case that ''A'' or ''D'' is singular, substituting a generalized inverse for the inverses on ''M/A'' and ''M/D'' yields the generalized Schur complement. The Schur complement is named after Issai Schur who used it to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linear Algebra
Linear algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning linear equations such as :a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n=b, linear maps such as :(x_1, \ldots, x_n) \mapsto a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n, and their representations in vector spaces and through matrix (mathematics), matrices. Linear algebra is central to almost all areas of mathematics. For instance, linear algebra is fundamental in modern presentations of geometry, including for defining basic objects such as line (geometry), lines, plane (geometry), planes and rotation (mathematics), rotations. Also, functional analysis, a branch of mathematical analysis, may be viewed as the application of linear algebra to Space of functions, function spaces. Linear algebra is also used in most sciences and fields of engineering because it allows mathematical model, modeling many natural phenomena, and computing efficiently with such models. For nonlinear systems, which cannot be modeled with linear algebra, it is often used for dealing with first-order a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rank (linear Algebra)
In linear algebra, the rank of a matrix is the dimension of the vector space generated (or spanned) by its columns. p. 48, § 1.16 This corresponds to the maximal number of linearly independent columns of . This, in turn, is identical to the dimension of the vector space spanned by its rows. Rank is thus a measure of the " nondegenerateness" of the system of linear equations and linear transformation encoded by . There are multiple equivalent definitions of rank. A matrix's rank is one of its most fundamental characteristics. The rank is commonly denoted by or ; sometimes the parentheses are not written, as in .Alternative notation includes \rho (\Phi) from and . Main definitions In this section, we give some definitions of the rank of a matrix. Many definitions are possible; see Alternative definitions for several of these. The column rank of is the dimension of the column space of , while the row rank of is the dimension of the row space of . A fundamental resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guyan Reduction
In computational mechanics, Guyan reduction, also known as static condensation, is a dimensionality reduction method which reduces the number of degrees of freedom by ignoring the inertial terms of the equilibrium equations and expressing the unloaded degrees of freedom in terms of the loaded degrees of freedom. Basic concept The static equilibrium equation can be expressed as: : \mathbf\mathbf = \mathbf where \mathbf is the stiffness matrix, \mathbf the force vector, and \mathbf the displacement vector. The number of the degrees of freedom of the static equilibrium problem is the length of the displacement vector. By partitioning the above system of linear equations with regards to loaded (master) and unloaded (slave) degrees of freedom, the static equilibrium equation may be expressed as: : \begin \mathbf_ & \mathbf_ \\ \mathbf_ & \mathbf_ \end \begin \mathbf_ \\ \mathbf_ \end = \begin \mathbf_ \\ \mathbf_ \end Focusing on the lower partition of the above system of linear eq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Total Least Squares
In applied statistics, total least squares is a type of errors-in-variables regression, a least squares data modeling technique in which observational errors on both dependent and independent variables are taken into account. It is a generalization of Deming regression and also of orthogonal regression, and can be applied to both linear and non-linear models. The total least squares approximation of the data is generically equivalent to the best, in the Frobenius norm, low-rank approximation of the data matrix. Linear model Background In the least squares method of data modeling, the objective function to be minimized, ''S'', is a quadratic form: :S=\mathbf, where ''r'' is the vector of residuals and ''W'' is a weighting matrix. In linear least squares the model contains equations which are linear in the parameters appearing in the parameter vector \boldsymbol\beta, so the residuals are given by :\mathbf. There are ''m'' observations in y and ''n'' parameters in β wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaussian Process
In probability theory and statistics, a Gaussian process is a stochastic process (a collection of random variables indexed by time or space), such that every finite collection of those random variables has a multivariate normal distribution. The distribution of a Gaussian process is the joint distribution of all those (infinitely many) random variables, and as such, it is a distribution over functions with a continuous domain, e.g. time or space. The concept of Gaussian processes is named after Carl Friedrich Gauss because it is based on the notion of the Gaussian distribution (normal distribution). Gaussian processes can be seen as an infinite-dimensional generalization of multivariate normal distributions. Gaussian processes are useful in statistical modelling, benefiting from properties inherited from the normal distribution. For example, if a random process is modelled as a Gaussian process, the distributions of various derived quantities can be obtained explicitly. Such quanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quasi-Newton Method
In numerical analysis, a quasi-Newton method is an iterative numerical method used either to find zeroes or to find local maxima and minima of functions via an iterative recurrence formula much like the one for Newton's method, except using approximations of the derivatives of the functions in place of exact derivatives. Newton's method requires the Jacobian matrix of all partial derivatives of a multivariate function when used to search for zeros or the Hessian matrix when used for finding extrema. Quasi-Newton methods, on the other hand, can be used when the Jacobian matrices or Hessian matrices are unavailable or are impractical to compute at every iteration. Some iterative methods that reduce to Newton's method, such as sequential quadratic programming, may also be considered quasi-Newton methods. Search for zeros: root finding Newton's method to find zeroes of a function g of multiple variables is given by x_ = x_n - _g(x_n) g(x_n), where _g(x_n) is the left inverse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodbury Matrix Identity
In mathematics, specifically linear algebra, the Woodbury matrix identity – named after Max A. Woodbury – says that the inverse of a rank-''k'' correction of some matrix can be computed by doing a rank-''k'' correction to the inverse of the original matrix. Alternative names for this formula are the matrix inversion lemma, Sherman–Morrison–Woodbury formula or just Woodbury formula. However, the identity appeared in several papers before the Woodbury report. The Woodbury matrix identity is \left(A + UCV \right)^ = A^ - A^U \left(C^ + VA^U \right)^ VA^, where ''A'', ''U'', ''C'' and ''V'' are conformable matrices: ''A'' is ''n''×''n'', ''C'' is ''k''×''k'', ''U'' is ''n''×''k'', and ''V'' is ''k''×''n''. This can be derived using blockwise matrix inversion. While the identity is primarily used on matrices, it holds in a general ring or in an Ab-category. The Woodbury matrix identity allows cheap computation of inverses and solutions to linear equations. However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symmetric Matrix
In linear algebra, a symmetric matrix is a square matrix that is equal to its transpose. Formally, Because equal matrices have equal dimensions, only square matrices can be symmetric. The entries of a symmetric matrix are symmetric with respect to the main diagonal. So if a_ denotes the entry in the ith row and jth column then for all indices i and j. Every square diagonal matrix is symmetric, since all off-diagonal elements are zero. Similarly in characteristic different from 2, each diagonal element of a skew-symmetric matrix must be zero, since each is its own negative. In linear algebra, a real symmetric matrix represents a self-adjoint operator represented in an orthonormal basis over a real inner product space. The corresponding object for a complex inner product space is a Hermitian matrix with complex-valued entries, which is equal to its conjugate transpose. Therefore, in linear algebra over the complex numbers, it is often assumed that a symmetric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wishart Distribution
In statistics, the Wishart distribution is a generalization of the gamma distribution to multiple dimensions. It is named in honor of John Wishart (statistician), John Wishart, who first formulated the distribution in 1928. Other names include Wishart ensemble (in random matrix theory, probability distributions over matrices are usually called "ensembles"), or Wishart–Laguerre ensemble (since its eigenvalue distribution involve Laguerre polynomials), or LOE, LUE, LSE (in analogy with Random matrix#Gaussian ensembles, GOE, GUE, GSE). It is a family of probability distributions defined over symmetric, positive-definite random matrices (i.e. matrix (mathematics), matrix-valued random variables). These distributions are of great importance in the estimation of covariance matrices in multivariate statistics. In Bayesian inference, Bayesian statistics, the Wishart distribution is the conjugate prior of the matrix inverse, inverse covariance matrix, covariance-matrix of a multivariate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conditional Variance
In probability theory and statistics, a conditional variance is the variance of a random variable given the value(s) of one or more other variables. Particularly in econometrics, the conditional variance is also known as the scedastic function or skedastic function. Conditional variances are important parts of autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (ARCH) models. Definition The conditional variance of a random variable ''Y'' given another random variable ''X'' is :\operatorname(Y\mid X) = \operatorname\Big(\big(Y - \operatorname(Y\mid X)\big)^\;\Big, \; X\Big). The conditional variance tells us how much variance is left if we use \operatorname(Y\mid X) to "predict" ''Y''. Here, as usual, \operatorname(Y\mid X) stands for the conditional expectation of ''Y'' given ''X'', which we may recall, is a random variable itself (a function of ''X'', determined up to probability one). As a result, \operatorname(Y\mid X) itself is a random variable (and is a function of ''X''). Expl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multivariate Normal Distribution
In probability theory and statistics, the multivariate normal distribution, multivariate Gaussian distribution, or joint normal distribution is a generalization of the one-dimensional ( univariate) normal distribution to higher dimensions. One definition is that a random vector is said to be ''k''-variate normally distributed if every linear combination of its ''k'' components has a univariate normal distribution. Its importance derives mainly from the multivariate central limit theorem. The multivariate normal distribution is often used to describe, at least approximately, any set of (possibly) correlated real-valued random variables, each of which clusters around a mean value. Definitions Notation and parametrization The multivariate normal distribution of a ''k''-dimensional random vector \mathbf = (X_1,\ldots,X_k)^ can be written in the following notation: : \mathbf\ \sim\ \mathcal(\boldsymbol\mu,\, \boldsymbol\Sigma), or to make it explicitly known that \mathb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kron Reduction
In power engineering, Kron reduction is a method used to reduce or eliminate the desired node without need of repeating the steps like in Gaussian elimination. It is named after American electrical engineer Gabriel Kron. Description Kron reduction is a useful tool to eliminate unused nodes in a Admittance parameters, Y-parameter matrix. For example, three linear elements linked in series with a port at each end may be easily modeled as a 4X4 nodal admittance matrix of Y-parameters, but only the two port nodes normally need to be considered for modeling and simulation. Kron reduction may be used to eliminate the internal nodes, and thereby reducing the 4th order Y-parameter matrix to a 2nd order Y-parameter matrix. The 2nd order Y-parameter matrix is then more easily converted to a Impedance parameters, Z-parameter matrix or Scattering parameters, S-parameter matrix when needed. Matrix operations Consider a general Y-parameter matrix that may be created from a combination of li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
