Module 6: Dimensionality Reduction
  Lecture 29: Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)
 

                                            

 

 

How many dimensions to retain?
  • There is no easy answer
  • Concept of energy of a dataset
  • Total energy is sum of squares of singular values (aka spread or variance)
  • Retain dimensions such that of the energy is retained
  • Generally, is between to