On 6/22/2007 1:26 PM, Jose Quesada wrote:
> I have a pretty large sparse matrix of integers:
>> dim(tasa)
> [1] 91650 37651
>
> I need to add one to it in order to take logs, but I'm getting the
> following error:
>
>> tasa = log(tasa + 1)
> CHOLMOD error: problem too large
> Error in asMethod(object) : Cholmod error `problem too large'
>
> I have 2 Gb of RAM, and the current workspace is barely 300mb.
> Is there any workaround to this? Anyone has any experience with this error?
>
If tasa is sparse, then tasa+1 will not be sparse, so that's likely your
problem. You might have better luck with
log1p(tasa)
if the authors of the Matrix package have written a method for log1p();
if not, you'll probably have to do it yourself.
Duncan Murdoch
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