Can PCA Be Used to Derive Equations of Motion?

[touqra]

Was wondering if PCA can be used to find equation of motions, like F = kx.

 

[Dr.D]

And PCA means what exactly?

 

[touqra]

And PCA means what exactly?

Principal Component Analysis

 

[A.T.]

Was wondering if PCA can be used to find equation of motions, like F = kx.

You mean to estimate the constant k for a spring? You usually use linear regression for that. But you can apply PCA and then compute k as the ratio of the components of the eigenvectors of the covariance matrix.

 

[nasu]

F=kx is not an equation of motion. What is your actual problem or goal?