SLIDE 12 Geometric MultiResolution Analysis
We are developing a multiscale geometric approximation for a point clouds M. We proceed in 3 stages: (i) Construct multiscale partitions {{Cj,k}k∈Γj}J
j=0 of the data: for each
j, M = [k∈ΓjCj,k, and Cj,k is a nice “cube” at scale 2−j. We obtain Cj,k using cover trees. (ii) Compute low-rank SVD of the local covariance: covj,k = Φj,kΣj,kΦT
j,k.
Let Pj,k be the affine projection RD ! Vj,k := hΦj,ki (local approxi- mate tangent space): Pj,k(x) = Φj,kΦ∗
j,k(x cj,k) + cj,k. These pieces of
planes Pj,k(Cj,k) form an approximation Mj to the original data M; let PMj(x) := Pj,k(x) for x 2 Cj,k. (iii) We efficiently encode the difference QMj+1 between PMj+1(x) and PMj(x), by constructing affine “detail” operators analogous to the wavelet projections in wavelet theory. We obtain a multiscale nonlinear transform mapping data to a multiscale family
- f pieces of planes. Fast algorithms and multiscale organization allow for fast
pruning and optimization algorithms to be run on this multiscale structure.
W.K. Allard, G. Chen, MM, A.C.H.A.