An optimization approach for transformed low tubal rank of third-order tensors
摘要
The transformed low tubal rankness of third-order tensors has many applications in data science, scientific computation and practical engineering. The transformed rank fully depends on the specific selection of transformation. For a given third-order tensor, how to find an orthogonal transformation such that the transformed tubal rank of the tensor is minimized or approximately minimized has become an important research issue. In this paper, an optimization model for the orthogonal transformed lowest tubal rank of third-order tensor is established, and an inexact augmented Lagrange algorithm for solving the established optimization model is proposed. This algorithm has global convergence under mild conditions. Numerical examples on synthetic and real-world data tensors demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.