Matrices and Matrix Math | Apache Solr Reference Guide 7.5

This section of the user guide covers the basics of matrix creation, manipulation and matrix math. Other sections of the user guide demonstrate how matrices are used by the statistics, probability and machine learning functions.

Matrix Creation

A matrix can be created with the matrix function. The matrix function is passed a list of arrays with each array representing a row in the matrix.

The example below creates a two-by-two matrix.

matrix(array(1, 2),
       array(4, 5))

When this expression is sent to the /stream handler it responds with:

{
  "result-set": {
    "docs": [
      {
        "return-value": [
          [
            1,
            2
          ],
          [
            4,
            5
          ]
        ]
      },
      {
        "EOF": true,
        "RESPONSE_TIME": 0
      }
    ]
  }

Accessing Rows and Columns

The rows and columns of a matrix can be accessed using the rowAt and colAt functions.

The example below creates a 2 by 2 matrix and returns the second column of the matrix. Notice that the matrix is passed variables in this example rather than directly passed a list of arrays.

let(a=array(1, 2),
    b=array(4, 5),
    c=matrix(a, b),
    d=colAt(c, 1))

When this expression is sent to the /stream handler it responds with:

{
  "result-set": {
    "docs": [
      {
        "d": [
          2,
          5
        ]
      },
      {
        "EOF": true,
        "RESPONSE_TIME": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

Row and Column Labels

A matrix can have column and rows and labels. The functions setRowLabels, setColumnLabels, getRowLabels and getColumnLabels can be used to set and get the labels. The label values are set using string arrays.

The example below sets the row and column labels. In other sections of the user guide examples are shown where functions return matrices with the labels already set.

Below is a simple example of setting and getting row and column labels on a matrix.

let(echo="d, e",
    a=matrix(array(1, 2),
             array(4, 5)),
    b=setRowLabels(a, array("row0", "row1")),
    c=setColumnLabels(b, array("col0", "col1")),
    d=getRowLabels(c),
    e=getColumnLabels(c))

When this expression is sent to the /stream handler it responds with:

{
  "result-set": {
    "docs": [
      {
        "d": [
          "row0",
          "row1"
        ],
        "e": [
          "col0",
          "col1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "EOF": true,
        "RESPONSE_TIME": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

Matrix Attributes

A matrix can also have an arbitrary set of named attributes associated with it. Certain functions, such as the termVectors function, return matrices that contain attributes that describe data in the matrix.

Attributes can be retrieved by name using the getAttribute function and the entire attribute map can be returned using the getAttributes function.

Matrix Dimensions

The dimensions of a matrix can be determined using the rowCount and columnCount functions.

The example below retrieves the dimensions of a matrix.

let(echo="b,c",
    a=matrix(array(1, 2, 3),
             array(4, 5, 6)),
    b=rowCount(a),
    c=columnCount(a))

When this expression is sent to the /stream handler it responds with:

{
  "result-set": {
    "docs": [
      {
        "b": 2,
        "c": 3
      },
      {
        "EOF": true,
        "RESPONSE_TIME": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

Matrix Transposition

A matrix can be transposed using the transpose function.

An example of matrix transposition is shown below:

let(a=matrix(array(1, 2),
             array(4, 5)),
    b=transpose(a))

When this expression is sent to the /stream handler it responds with:

{
  "result-set": {
    "docs": [
      {
        "b": [
          [
            1,
            4
          ],
          [
            2,
            5
          ]
        ]
      },
      {
        "EOF": true,
        "RESPONSE_TIME": 24
      }
    ]
  }
}

Matrix Summations

The rows and columns of a matrix can be summed with the sumRows and sumColumns functions. Below is an example of the sumRows function which returns an array with the sum of each row.

let(a=matrix(array(1, 2, 3),
             array(4, 5, 6)),
    b=sumRows(a))

When this expression is sent to the /stream handler it responds with:

{
  "result-set": {
    "docs": [
      {
        "b": [
          6,
          15
        ]
      },
      {
        "EOF": true,
        "RESPONSE_TIME": 2
      }
    ]
  }
}

The grandSum function returns the sum of all values in the matrix. Below is an example of the grandSum function:

let(a=matrix(array(1, 2, 3),
             array(4, 5, 6)),
    b=grandSum(a))

When this expression is sent to the /stream handler it responds with:

{
  "result-set": {
    "docs": [
      {
        "b": 21
      },
      {
        "EOF": true,
        "RESPONSE_TIME": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

Scalar Matrix Math

The same scalar math functions that apply to vectors can also be applied to matrices: scalarAdd, scalarSubtract, scalarMultiply, scalarDivide. Below is an example of the scalarAdd function which adds a scalar value to each element in a matrix.

let(a=matrix(array(1, 2),
             array(4, 5)),
    b=scalarAdd(10, a))

When this expression is sent to the /stream handler it responds with:

{
  "result-set": {
    "docs": [
      {
        "b": [
          [
            11,
            12
          ],
          [
            14,
            15
          ]
        ]
      },
      {
        "EOF": true,
        "RESPONSE_TIME": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

Matrix Addition and Subtraction

Two matrices can be added and subtracted using the ebeAdd and ebeSubtract functions, which perform element-by-element addition and subtraction of matrices.

Below is a simple example of an element-by-element addition of a matrix by itself:

let(a=matrix(array(1, 2),
             array(4, 5)),
    b=ebeAdd(a, a))

When this expression is sent to the /stream handler it responds with:

{
  "result-set": {
    "docs": [
      {
        "b": [
          [
            2,
            4
          ],
          [
            8,
            10
          ]
        ]
      },
      {
        "EOF": true,
        "RESPONSE_TIME": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

Matrix Multiplication

Matrix multiplication can be accomplished using the matrixMult function. Below is a simple example of matrix multiplication:

let(a=matrix(array(1, 2),
             array(4, 5)),
    b=matrix(array(11, 12),
             array(14, 15)),
    c=matrixMult(a, b))

When this expression is sent to the /stream handler it responds with:

{
  "result-set": {
    "docs": [
      {
        "c": [
          [
            39,
            42
          ],
          [
            114,
            123
          ]
        ]
      },
      {
        "EOF": true,
        "RESPONSE_TIME": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

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