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Matfit: A Fortran Subroutine for Comparing Two Matrices in a Subspace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

J. O. Ramsay
J. O. Ramsay*
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McGill University
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Given two matrices, A and B, each with n rows, and with p and q columns, respectively, a very common goal is the comparison of these matrices in a subspace of dimension s, 1 ≤ s ≤ min p, q. That is, assuming linear mappings of A and B into the subspace, the comparison involves the choice of two transformation matrices L and M of dimensions p by s and q by s, respectively, and the subsequent comparisons of the images AL and BM in some fashion.

Keywords

orthogonal transformationrotationmatrix correlationProcrustesleast squares

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Computational Psychometrics
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Psychometrika , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , September 1990, pp. 551 - 553
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

This research was supported by grant APA 3020 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The author would like to thank Dr. David O'Hare for providing the data used to illustrate the use of the program MATFIT.

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