Sparse data embedding and prediction by tropical matrix factorization

BMC Bioinformatics

Table 1 A comparison between different matrix factorization methods

	Arithmetic	Data sources	Prediction tasks	Convergence
NMF [5], BMF [7], PMF [9], MMDNMF [10]	Standard	Single	Yes	Yes
DFMF [15], iONMF [17], MDNMF [16]	Standard	Multiple	Yes	Yes
Latitude [4]	Standard & Subtropical	Single	No	No
Cancer [20]	Subtropical	Single	No	No
TMF [23]	Tropical	Single	No	Yes
STMF	Tropical	Single	Yes	Yes

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