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Title: Low Rank Approximation and Regression in Input Sparsity Time
Abstract:
We improve the running times of algorithms for least squares regression and low-rank approximation to account for the sparsity of the input matrix. Namely, if nnz (A) denotes the number of non-zero entries of an input matrix A:
All approximations are relative error. Previous algorithms based on fast Johnson-Lindenstrauss transforms took at least ndlog d or nnz(A)*k time. We have implemented our algorithms, and preliminary results suggest the algorithms are competitive in practice.
Joint work with Ken Clarkson.