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nmfkc.ecv performs k-fold cross-validation by randomly holding out individual elements of the data matrix (element-wise), assigning them a weight of 0 via Y.weights, and evaluating the reconstruction error on those held-out elements.

This method (also known as Wold's CV) is theoretically robust for determining the optimal rank (Q) in NMF. This function supports vector input for Q, allowing simultaneous evaluation of multiple ranks on the same folds.

Usage

nmfkc.ecv(Y, A = NULL, Q = 1:3, div = 5, seed = 123, ...)

Arguments

Y

Observation matrix.

A

Covariate matrix.

Q

Vector of ranks to evaluate (e.g., 1:5).

div

Number of folds (default: 5).

seed

Integer seed for reproducibility.

...

Additional arguments passed to nmfkc (e.g., method="EU").

Value

A list with components:

objfunc

Numeric vector containing the Mean Squared Error (MSE) for each Q.

sigma

Numeric vector containing the Residual Standard Error (RMSE) for each Q. Only available if method="EU".

objfunc.fold

List of length equal to Q vector. Each element contains the MSE values for the k folds.

folds

A list of length div, containing the linear indices of held-out elements for each fold (shared across all Q).

See also