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Can we do matrix operations on a matrix that might contain NaNs in it?

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SSG_newbiecoder
SSG_newbiecoder 2018-3-17
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Hello, This is not any doubt in matlab but about matrices. I have a feature matrix of an ECG signal. It can have NaN elements. For example, I find P duration. So if either P_onset or P_offset is not there, P duration is a NaN. So, on such a matrix, can I perform any matrix operations such as sum of diagonal elements etc?

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James Tursa
James Tursa 2018-3-17
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You can do any operation you want with the matrix, but the NaN's will propagate through all of the calculations. That is, in general once you involve a NaN in a numeric calculation the result will be a NaN. There will be no warning or message telling you that this has happened ... you will need to check your results to see if there are any NaN's in the result. See the isnan( ) function for this.
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James Tursa
James Tursa 2018-3-17
That depends entirely on how you will be using the results downstream in your code. Sometimes NaN's are useful ... e.g. for plotting. But other times they simply screw up the downstream calculations and you need to either replace them with something else (e.g. 0 or very small number) or delete them from the variable entirely. What is the best for your situation? We can't advise you on that since we don't know all of the details for how it will be used.

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