Document Type
Article - postprint
Department
Mathematics (CMC)
Publication Date
3-23-2010
Abstract
The Kaczmarz method is an iterative algorithm for solving systems of linear equations Ax=b. Theoretical convergence rates for this algorithm were largely unknown until recently when work was done on a randomized version of the algorithm. It was proved that for overdetermined systems, the randomized Kaczmarz method converges with expected exponential rate, independent of the number of equations in the system. Here we analyze the case where the system Ax=b is corrupted by noise, so we consider the system where Ax is approximately b + r where r is an arbitrary error vector. We prove that in this noisy version, the randomized method reaches an error threshold dependent on the matrix A with the same rate as in the error-free case. We provide examples showing our results are sharp in the general context.
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© 2010 Springer-Verlag
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DOI
10.1007/s10543-010-0265-5
Recommended Citation
Needell, D., "Randomized Kaczmarz solver for noisy linear systems," BIT Numerical Mathematics, June 2010, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp 395-403. doi: 10.1007/s10543-010-0265-5
