Lecture 9: Singular value decomposition - Bio723-class/Bio723-lecture GitHub Wiki

Learning goals checklist for this class session

• Understand SVD and it's relationship to eigen-decomposition
• Learn how to use SVD to create biplots and low-dimensional approximations

Slides

• Singular Value Decomposition

In class and Readings

• Read and work through the activities in Chapter 15 on SVD in the Bio 723 Workbook

Assignment

Assignment Submission: Be sure to submit your assignment via Sakai, as an R Markdown file and the knit HTML document produced by your markdown file.

• Assignment 08, due 27 March 2019 by beginning of class.

  -- You can download a template R Markdown document for assignment at: homework-template.Rmd

Readings

• Austin, D. Feature column: We recommend a singular value decomposition. American Mathematical Society. Austin SVD