Distributed HALS Algorithm for NMF based on Simple Average Consensus Algorithm

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Abstract

Nonnegative Matrix Factorization (NMF) is an efficient dimensionality reduction method for nonnegative data. Recently, a distributed algorithm has been proposed for multiple agents in a network to execute the hierarchical alternating least squares algorithm, which is well known as a fast computation method for NMF. However, the average consensus algorithm used there requires each agent to store the entire history of the values of its variables until the complete average consensus is reached, which increases the memory usage and computational cost. In this paper, we propose to replace the complicated average consensus algorithm with a simple one, and show through simulations that this replacement does not degrade the quality of the result if the values of the hyper-parameters are properly chosen.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2021
EditorsYinglin Wang, Zheying Zhang
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages41-47
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781665426558
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event8th IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2021 - Virtual, Online, China
Duration: Dec 17 2021Dec 19 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2021

Conference

Conference8th IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2021
Country/TerritoryChina
CityVirtual, Online
Period12/17/2112/19/21

Keywords

  • average consensus
  • distributed algorithm
  • hierarchical alternating least squares algorithm
  • multiagent system
  • nonnegative matrix factorization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems

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