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.. _cor_cov:

Correlation and Variance-Covariance Matrices
============================================

.. toctree::
   :glob:
   :maxdepth: 4

Variance-covariance and correlation matrices are among the most
important quantitative measures of a data set that characterize
statistical relationships involving dependence.

Specifically, the covariance measures the extent to which variables
"fluctuate together" (that is, co-vary). The correlation is the
covariance normalized to be between -1 and +1. A positive correlation
indicates the extent to which variables increase or decrease
simultaneously. A negative correlation indicates the extent to which
one variable increases while the other one decreases. Values close to
+1 and -1 indicate a high degree of linear dependence between
variables.


Details
*******

Given a set :math:`X` of :math:`n` feature vectors :math:`x_1 = (x_{11}, \ldots, x_{1p}), \ldots, x_n = (x_{n1}, \ldots, x_{np})` of
dimension :math:`p`, the problem is to compute the sample means and
variance-covariance matrix or correlation matrix:

.. tabularcolumns::  |\Y{0.2}|\Y{0.8}|

.. list-table:: Correlation and Variance-Covariance Matrices
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   :header-rows: 1
   :class: longtable

   * - Statistic
     - Definition
   * - Means
     - :math:`M = (m(1), \ldots , m(p))`, where :math:`m\left(j\right)=\frac{1}{n}\sum _{i}{x}_{ij}`
   * - Variance-covariance matrix
     - :math:`Cov = (v_{ij})`, where :math:`v_{ij}=\frac{1}{n-1}\sum_{k=1}^{n}(x_{ki}-m(i))(x_{kj}-m(j))`, :math:`i=\overline{1,p}`, :math:`j=\overline{1,p}`
   * - Correlation matrix
     - :math:`Cor = (c_{ij})`, where :math:`c_{ij}=\frac{v_{ij}}{\sqrt{v_{ii}\cdot v_{jj}}}`, :math:`i=\overline{1,p}`, :math:`j=\overline{1,p}`

Computation
***********

The following computation modes are available:

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   computation-batch.rst
   computation-online.rst
   computation-distributed.rst

Examples
********

.. tabs::

  .. tab:: C++ (CPU)

    Batch Processing:

    -  :cpp_example:`cov_dense_batch.cpp <covariance/cov_dense_batch.cpp>`
    -  :cpp_example:`cov_csr_batch.cpp <covariance/cov_csr_batch.cpp>`

  .. tab:: Python*

    Batch Processing:

    - :daal4py_example:`covariance.py`

    Online Processing:

    - :daal4py_example:`covariance_streaming.py`

    Distributed Processing:

    - :daal4py_example:`covariance_spmd.py`

Performance Considerations
**************************

To get the best overall performance when computing correlation or
variance-covariance matrices:

-  If input data is homogeneous, provide the input data and store
   results in homogeneous numeric tables of the same type as
   specified in the algorithmFPType class template parameter.
-  If input data is non-homogeneous, use AOS layout rather than SOA
   layout.


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