PCA Beyond The Concept of Manifolds: Principal Trees, Metro Maps, and Elastic Cubic Complexes

dc.creatorGorban, A. N.
dc.creatorSumner, N. R.
dc.creatorZinovyev, A. Y.
dc.date2007-12-31
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dc.descriptionMultidimensional data distributions can have complex topologies and variable local dimensions. To approximate complex data, we propose a new type of low-dimensional ``principal object'': a principal cubic complex. This complex is a generalization of linear and non-linear principal manifolds and includes them as a particular case. To construct such an object, we combine a method of topological grammars with the minimization of an elastic energy defined for its embedment into multidimensional data space. The whole complex is presented as a system of nodes and springs and as a product of one-dimensional continua (represented by graphs), and the grammars describe how these continua transform during the process of optimal complex construction. The simplest case of a topological grammar (``add a node'', ``bisect an edge'') is equivalent to the construction of ``principal trees'', an object useful in many practical applications. We demonstrate how it can be applied to the analysis of bacterial genomes and for visualization of cDNA microarray data using the ``metro map'' representation. The preprint is supplemented by animation: ``How the topological grammar constructs branching principal components (AnimatedBranchingPCA.gif)''.
dc.description19 pages, 8 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0176
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0176
dc.identifierA.N. Gorban, B. Kegl, D.C. Wunsch, A. Zinovyev (eds.) Principal Manifolds for Data Visualization and Dimension Reduction, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering 58, Springer, Berlin - Heidelberg, 2008, 219-237
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/978-3-540-73750-6_9
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/146053
dc.subjectData Analysis, Statistics and Probability
dc.subjectBiological Physics
dc.titlePCA Beyond The Concept of Manifolds: Principal Trees, Metro Maps, and Elastic Cubic Complexes
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