fastTopics
Fast Algorithms for Fitting Topic Models and Non-Negative Matrix Factorizations to Count Data
Implements fast, scalable optimization algorithms for fitting topic models ("grade of membership" models) and non-negative matrix factorizations to count data. The methods exploit the special relationship between the multinomial topic model (also, "probabilistic latent semantic indexing") and Poisson non-negative matrix factorization. The package provides tools to compare, annotate and visualize model fits, including functions to efficiently create "structure plots" and identify key features in topics. The 'fastTopics' package is a successor to the 'CountClust' package. For more information, see <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2105.13440> and <doi:10.1186/s13059-023-03067-9>. Please also see the GitHub repository for additional vignettes not included in the package on CRAN.
- Version0.7-37
- R version≥ 3.3.0
- LicenseBSD_2_clause
- Needs compilation?Yes
- fastTopics citation info
- Last release12/24/2025
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Peter Carbonetto
MaintainerShow author detailsEric Weine
Show author detailsRolesContributorTracy Ke
Show author detailsRolesContributorAnthony Hung
Show author detailsRolesContributorPaul C. Boutros
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Show author detailsRolesAuthorKushal Dey
Show author detailsRolesAuthorJoyce Hsiao
Show author detailsRolesContributorMinzhe Wang
Show author detailsRolesContributorXihui Lin
Show author detailsRolesContributorAbhishek Sarkar
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