numpy.linalg.multi_dot

numpy.linalg.multi_dot(arrays)

Compute the dot product of two or more arrays in a single function call, while automatically selecting the fastest evaluation order.

multi_dot chains numpy.dot and uses optimal parenthesization of the matrices [1] [2]. Depending on the shapes of the matrices, this can speed up the multiplication a lot.

If the first argument is 1-D it is treated as a row vector. If the last argument is 1-D it is treated as a column vector. The other arguments must be 2-D.

Think of multi_dot as:

def multi_dot(arrays): return functools.reduce(np.dot, arrays)

Parameters

arrayssequence of array_like

If the first argument is 1-D it is treated as row vector. If the last argument is 1-D it is treated as column vector. The other arguments must be 2-D.

Returns

outputndarray

Returns the dot product of the supplied arrays.

See also

dot

dot multiplication with two arguments.

Notes

The cost for a matrix multiplication can be calculated with the following function:

def cost(A, B):
    return A.shape[0] * A.shape[1] * B.shape[1]

Assume we have three matrices

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The costs for the two different parenthesizations are as follows:

cost((AB)C) = 10*100*5 + 10*5*50   = 5000 + 2500   = 7500
cost(A(BC)) = 10*100*50 + 100*5*50 = 50000 + 25000 = 75000

References

1

Cormen, “Introduction to Algorithms”, Chapter 15.2, p. 370-378

2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_chain_multiplication

Examples

multi_dot allows you to write:

>>> from numpy.linalg import multi_dot
>>> # Prepare some data
>>> A = np.random.random((10000, 100))
>>> B = np.random.random((100, 1000))
>>> C = np.random.random((1000, 5))
>>> D = np.random.random((5, 333))
>>> # the actual dot multiplication
>>> _ = multi_dot([A, B, C, D])

instead of:

>>> _ = np.dot(np.dot(np.dot(A, B), C), D)
>>> # or
>>> _ = A.dot(B).dot(C).dot(D)

numpy.dot numpy.vdot