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How to take transpose of a big.matrix object?


How to take transpose of a big.matrix object?

I have a 8000 x 8000 big.matrix object and I need to perform transpose and multiplication. How to do it?

b <- as.big.matrix(basis)

bTransb <- t(b) %*% b

This gives me the following error

Error in t.default(b) : argument is not a matrix

I have imported bigalgebra library. Still not working.


Solution

  • I'm not sure with {bigmemory}, but you can do it with {bigstatsr} (disclaimer: I'm the author), which uses a similar format.

    # Sample data
    a <- matrix(0, 8000, 8000); a[] <- rnorm(length(a))
    # devtools::install_github("privefl/bigstatsr")
    library(bigstatsr)
    b <- as_FBM(a)
    class(b)
    btrans <- big_crossprodSelf(b)
    dim(btrans)
    class(btrans)
    # Verification
    all.equal(btrans[], crossprod(b[]))