Recommender Systems · Matrix Factorization

ALS lab

Step through the half-steps yourself. R is fixed; the matrix being solved lights up blue, the frozen one greys out. The reconstruction cells are shaded by how far they sit from R, and the error trace records every half-step.

Watch the error fall
1.167 rmse
Starting state: V is the random init, U just solved. Next: solve V.
Rfixed
Usolved
Vfrozen
Û = U·Vshaded by error vs R
RMSE per half-step
ratings R factor being solved frozen this step reconstruction error