function a_pca_db = princomp(db, props)
% princomp - Generates a database of the principal components of given DB.
%
% Usage:
% a_pca_db = princomp(db, props)
%
% Description:
%
% Parameters:
% db: A tests_db object.
% props: A structure with any optional properties.
% normalized: If specified zscore is used before princomp.
%
% Returns:
% a_pca_db: A tests_db where each row is a principal component.
%
% See also: princomp, zscore
%
% $Id$
%
% Author: Cengiz Gunay <cgunay@emory.edu>, 2005/09/21
% Copyright (c) 2007 Cengiz Gunay <cengique@users.sf.net>.
% This work is licensed under the Academic Free License ("AFL")
% v. 3.0. To view a copy of this license, please look at the COPYING
% file distributed with this software or visit
% http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0.php.
if ~ exist('props', 'var')
props = struct([]);
end
nanrows = isnanrows(db);
if any(any(nanrows))
warning(['NaN containing rows in db, stripping before sending to ' ...
'princomp.']);
db = onlyRowsTests(db, ~nanrows, ':');
end
if isfield(props, 'normalized')
data = zscore(get(db, 'data'));
else
data = get(db, 'data');
end
[coeff, score, latent, tsquared] = princomp(data);
a_pca_db = cluster_db(coeff, fieldnames(get(db, 'col_idx')), db, score, ...
[ 'principal components of ' get(db, 'id') ], ...
mergeStructs(props, struct('latent', latent)));