Tensor decomposition ==================== In this tutorial we will go over how to perform tensor decomposition. Refer to [1]_ for more information on tensor decomposition. CANDECOMP-PARAFAC ----------------- First, let's create a second order tensor that is zero everywhere except in a swiss shape that is one. .. code-block::python >>> import numpy as np >>> import tensorly as tl >>> tensor = np.array([[ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0.], [ 0., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0.], [ 0., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0.], [ 0., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 1., 1., 1., 1., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [ 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.]]) We will now apply a rank-2 CANDECOMP-PARAFAC (:func:`tensorly.decomposition.parafac`) decomposition on `tensor` to decompose this into a kruskal tensor. A Parafac decompositions expresses the tensor as a kruskal tensor that can be represented as a list of factors (matrices). The :func:`parafac` function therefore returns a list of factors. .. code:: >>> from tensorly.decomposition import parafac >>> factors = parafac(tensor, rank=2) >>> len(factors) 2 >>> [f.shape for f in factors] [(12, 2), (12, 2)] From this **kruskal tensor** (presented as a list of matrices) you can reconstruct a full tensor: .. code:: >>> print(tl.kruskal_to_tensor(factors)) [[ 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [ 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [ 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [ 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [ 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0.] [ 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0.] [ 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0.] [ 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0.] [ 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [ 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [ 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [ 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.]] References ---------- .. [1] T.G.Kolda and B.W.Bader, "Tensor Decompositions and Applications", SIAM REVIEW, vol. 51, n. 3, pp. 455-500, 2009.