Graph Regularized Tensor Train Decomposition

With the advances in data acquisition technology, tensor objects are collected in a variety of applications including multimedia, medical and hyperspectral imaging. As the dimensionality of tensor objects is usually very high, dimensionality reduction is an important problem. Most of the current tensor dimensionality reduction methods rely on finding low-rank linear representations using different generative models. However, it is well-known that high-dimensional data often reside in a low-dimensional manifold. Therefore, it is important to find a compact representation, which uncovers the low-dimensional tensor structure while respecting the intrinsic geometry. In this paper, we propose a graph regularized tensor train (GRTT) decomposition that learns a low-rank tensor train model that preserves the local relationships between tensor samples. The proposed method is formulated as a nonconvex optimization problem on the Stiefel manifold and an efficient algorithm is proposed to solve it. The proposed method is compared to existing tensor based dimensionality reduction methods as well as tensor manifold embedding methods for unsupervised learning applications.