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Single Variable Decomposition Method: Task 10
Single Variable Decomposition Method: Task 10
TASK10
SingleVariableDecompositionMethod
TASK
MethodofSolving
Theproblemwillbesolvedusingrankapproximationandsinglevariabledecomposition.By
taking 3rd rank approximation of the rating.txt matrix, we can calculate a predicted value
for a decomposed matrixinwhichifmultipliedtotheapproximatedS(PxWxS)istherating
matrix)willresultinthepredictionofthe16thpersonsrating.
The ratings here are merely an approximation to the real rating. Thus, some numbers are
not exactly like the real rating, some areclosertothetruevaluebutsomeothersarereally
far from the true value. This isduetothefactthatthematrixusedforcalculationisalsoan
approximatedmatrix.