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From: BHUPALA <bhupala@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: SVD with Missing Values
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On Dec 4, 9:06=A0am, "Samuel " <sdods...@jhu.edu> wrote:
> In MATLAB, what is the best way to handle a single value decomposition wh=
ere k is much less then m or n (MxN matrix) for a data set with many missin=
g values such that the missing values have a minimal effect on the decompos=
ition. Thanks.

Try using svd(X,0) or svd(X,'econ')  which will give you economy
singular values.

bhupala