Why pca doesn't work on matlabR2013b?

I'm trying to run pca on a dataset that I have and I'm finding an error, then I tried:

TT=pca(randn(20,200));

It gives me the same following error message:

Undefined variable "classreg" or class "classreg.learning.internal.wnanmean".

Error in pca (line 297) mu = classreg.learning.internal.wnanmean(x, vWeights);

[Youssef Khmou]

do you have the function wmspca?

>>which wmspca

[Michelle]

Apparently yes

which wmspca

C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2013b\toolbox\wavelet\wmultisig1d\wmspca.m

[Anne]

Michelle - Do you remember how you resolved this issue? I'm facing the same problem right now...

Thanks for any hints you may have!

[Anne]

If anyone else has this problem in the future, I just got it resolved through tech support.

It seems like MATLAB might be looking in the wrong directories for the definition of "classreg". This error occurs during installation sometimes. Please execute the following at the command line:

>> restoredefaulthpath; >> rehash toolboxcache; >> savepath;

Then, try executing your code.

Answer 1

[Youssef Khmou]

hi, i am not aware about the error, but technically this alternative multiscale pca needs some details , let us take the example you tried before, 20 signals each of length 200.

x=randn(200,20);
% additional parameters. 
level = 5;
wname = 'sym4'; %
npc = 'kais';
[x_sim, qual, npc] = wmspca(x,level,wname,npc); 

subplot(1,2,1); plot(x(:,1)); title(' original first signal')
subplot(1,2,2); plot(x_sim(:,1),'r'); title(' transformed first signal')

try to manipulate the parameters using Documentation

But that result damaged the correlation property of the random signals :

surf(cov(x))
figure; surf(cov(x_sim))

[Michelle]

Thanks for your help but I really need the regular PCA for a paper comparison.

[Youssef Khmou]

try this function if you cant fix the error .

 <http://crcv.ucf.edu/source/dimension%20reduction/pca.m>

Answer 2

[Ilya]

I suggest that you get in touch with the tech support. (You can find their phone number and email at mathworks.com.) There may be an issue in your MATLAB installation.