Tag: denoising
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On the Merits of Indolence
What was never clear to me about James Bond’s personality was why he was dubbed ‘agent 007.’ I queried him once if there were at least six other super-agents comparable to him in skills, intelligence, and experience. He responded, ‘This nickname actually has another origin. My colleagues jest that I possess zero motivation, zero concentration,…
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Accuracy of PCA
Once, I asked James Bond where his most difficult mission took place — was it in Turkey, Mexico, or Russia? “In Great Britain, when I was promoted to the central analytical office of MI-6,” he answered. “Were the headquarters suddenly attacked by an army of foreign spies?” “I would have wished for that. Instead, I…
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How much noise can we remove by PCA?
Y’all probably heard about Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and how it can be used to clean up noisy datasets. This can be done with our software, for instance. But have you ever wondered how it actually works? And more importantly, can it eliminate all the noise or just a fraction? Well, this post is here…