MCFAM Seminar - Iterated and exponentially weighted moving principal component analysis

Speaker: Paul Bilokon

Abstract: The principal component analysis (PCA) is a staple statistical and unsupervised machine learning technique in finance. The application of PCA in a financial setting is associated with several technical difficulties, such as numerical instability and nonstationarity. Bilokon and his colleagues attempt to resolve them by proposing two new variants of PCA: an iterated principal component analysis (IPCA) and an exponentially weighted moving principal component analysis (EWMPCA). Both variants rely on the Ogita–Aishima iteration as a crucial step.