Sparse Approximate Solutions to Max-Plus Equations with Application to Multivariate Convex Regression

11/06/2020

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by   Nikos Tsilivis, et al.

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In this work, we study the problem of finding approximate, with minimum support set, solutions to matrix max-plus equations, which we call sparse approximate solutions. We show how one can obtain such solutions efficiently and in polynomial time for any ℓ_p approximation error. Based on these results, we propose a novel method for piecewise-linear fitting of convex multivariate functions, with optimality guarantees for the model parameters and an approximately minimum number of affine regions.