Hi, I am trying to implement Higham's algorithm for correcting a non positive definite covariance matrix. I found this code in R: http://projects.cs.kent.ac.uk/projects/cxxr/trac/browser/trunk/src/library/Recommended/Matrix/R/nearPD.R?rev=637
I managed to understand most of it, the only line I really don't understand is this one: X <- tcrossprod(Q * rep(d[p], each=nrow(Q)), Q) This line is supposed to calculate the matrix product Q*D*Q^T, Q is an n by m matrix and R is a diagonal n by n matrix. What does this mean? I also don't understand the meaning of a cross product between matrices, I only know it between vectors. Thanks, Barisdad. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.