scholarly journals Inference of principal components of noisy correlation matrices with prior information

Author(s):  
Remi Monasson
1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Johnson

Q analysis, the factor analysis of person-by-person correlation matrices, becomes unmanageable with large samples. There is, however, a one-step approach for computing principal components of the matrix of correlations among an unlimited number of individuals, so long as the number of response items is limited.


2003 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 239-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
LILIANA FORZANI ◽  
CARLOS TOLMASKY

One of the most widely used methods to build yield curve models is to use principal components analysis on the correlation matrix of the innovations. R. Litterman and J. Scheinkman found that three factors are enough to explain most of the moves in the case of the US treasury curve. These factors are level, steepness and curvature. Working in the context of commodity futures, G. Cortazar and E. Schwartz found that the spectral structure of the correlation matrices is strikingly similar to those found by R. Litterman and J. Scheinkman. We observe that in both cases the correlation between two different contracts maturing at times t and s is roughly of the form ρ|t-s|, for a certain (fixed) 0 ≤ ρ ≤ 1. Assuming this correlation structure we prove that the observed factors are perturbations of cosine waves and we extend the analysis to multiple curves.


1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poon Yew Chin ◽  
J. A. Varley ◽  
J. B. Ward

SUMMARYTotal and partial correlations are presented between foliar nutrients in a uniformity trial. The method of principal component analysis is applied to the correlation matrices, comparing values for three fronds (3, g and 17). The results are also compared with values obtained elsewhere, and the use of principal components in relating yield to foliar composition is illustrated.


2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (08) ◽  
pp. 1201-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
LILIANA FORZANI ◽  
CARLOS F. TOLMASKY

One of the most widely used methods to build yield curve models is to use principal components analysis on the correlation matrix of the innovations. R. Litterman and J. Scheinkman found that three factors are enough to explain most of the moves in the case of the US treasury curve. These factors are level, steepness and curvature. Working in the context of commodity futures, G. Cortazar and E. Schwartz found that the spectral structure of the correlation matrices is strikingly similar to those found by R. Litterman and J. Scheinkman. We observe that in both cases the correlation between two different contracts maturing at times t and s is roughly of the form ρ|t-s|, for a certain (fixed) 0≤ρ≤1. Assuming this correlation structure we prove that the observed factors are perturbations of cosine waves.


Author(s):  
D. E. Johnson

Increased specimen penetration; the principle advantage of high voltage microscopy, is accompanied by an increased need to utilize information on three dimensional specimen structure available in the form of two dimensional projections (i.e. micrographs). We are engaged in a program to develop methods which allow the maximum use of information contained in a through tilt series of micrographs to determine three dimensional speciman structure.In general, we are dealing with structures lacking in symmetry and with projections available from only a limited span of angles (±60°). For these reasons, we must make maximum use of any prior information available about the specimen. To do this in the most efficient manner, we have concentrated on iterative, real space methods rather than Fourier methods of reconstruction. The particular iterative algorithm we have developed is given in detail in ref. 3. A block diagram of the complete reconstruction system is shown in fig. 1.


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