matrix normalization in matlab

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jenifer
jenifer on 30 Jan 2013
Commented: DGM on 3 Aug 2024
hi.. i want normalize a matrix (129 x 128)..please help me with matlab codes

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Thorsten
Thorsten on 30 Jan 2013
To normalize a matrix such that all values fall in the range [0, 1] use
Anorm = (A - min2(A))/(max2(A) - min2(A));
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Irawati Roy
Irawati Roy on 11 Dec 2022
You missed a dot before the division operation for a 2d matrix
DGM
DGM on 11 Dec 2022
Edited: DGM on 11 Dec 2022
There ./ is not needed here, since the denominator is a scalar.
That said, there is no function called min2() or max2(), nor can I find evidence that there were functions by those names which have since been removed. Maybe they used to be part of one of the toolboxes.
Alternatively, you could do:
Anorm = (A - min(A(:)))/(max(A(:)) - min(A(:)));
or you could do
Anorm = (A - min(A,[],'all'))/(max(A,[],'all') - min(A,[],'all'));
though the latter option wouldn't have worked circa 2013

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Matt J
Matt J on 30 Jan 2013
You need to decide how you want to define the amplitude of the matrix first. Maybe you want this
normalized = A/norm(A);
or maybe this
normalized = A/max(abs(A(:)))
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jenifer
jenifer on 30 Jan 2013
ya... but how can i get a single value from whole matrix...
Jan
Jan on 30 Jan 2013
Please, jenifer, we have asked you to define "normalization" exactly. It wastes time if we guess what you mean.

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Jing
Jing on 30 Jan 2013
You can use 'normc' or 'normr' for normalization. 'c' or 'r' stands for columns or rows that you want to normalize.

DGM
DGM on 11 Dec 2022
Since R2018a, you can use normalize() to perform normalization in various different ways.
A = 1:6
A = 1×6
1 2 3 4 5 6
B1 = normalize(A,'range') % default range is [0 1]
B1 = 1×6
0 0.2000 0.4000 0.6000 0.8000 1.0000
B2 = normalize(A,'range',[-1 2]) % but you can specify any range
B2 = 1×6
-1.0000 -0.4000 0.2000 0.8000 1.4000 2.0000
B3 = normalize(A,'zscore','std') % zero-center and scale to have std=1
B3 = 1×6
-1.3363 -0.8018 -0.2673 0.2673 0.8018 1.3363
B4 = normalize(A,'norm',2) % normalize by vector p-norm (default p=2)
B4 = 1×6
0.1048 0.2097 0.3145 0.4193 0.5241 0.6290
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Sinan Islam
Sinan Islam on 3 Aug 2024
The normalize function in matlab either works on columns or rows. We want a function that normalizes the matrix as a whole. We are not looking for normalizing features or observations. So the calculation must be made on global minimum and global maximum of the matrix. Thats why we flatten the matrix into one vector before doing any calculation.
DGM
DGM on 3 Aug 2024
As others have mentioned, "normalize" is a terribly vague word. If the goal is to rescale the entire array with respect to global statistics, then yes, reshaping the array is one way to do so.

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