Multiply a 3D matrix with a 2D matrix

Question

Suppose I have an AxBxC matrix X and a BxD matrix Y.

Is there a non-loop method by which I can multiply

Answer 1

To answer the question, and for readability, please see:

• ndmult, by ajuanpi (Juan Pablo Carbajal), 2013, GNU GPL

Input

• 2 arrays
• dim

Example

 nT = 100;
 t = 2*pi*linspace (0,1,nT)’;

 # 2 experiments measuring 3 signals at nT timestamps
 signals = zeros(nT,3,2);
 signals(:,:,1) = [sin(2*t) cos(2*t) sin(4*t).^2];
 signals(:,:,2) = [sin(2*t+pi/4) cos(2*t+pi/4) sin(4*t+pi/6).^2];

 sT(:,:,1) = signals(:,:,1)’;
 sT(:,:,2) = signals(:,:,2)’;
   G = ndmult (signals,sT,[1 2]);

Source

Original source. I added inline comments.

function M = ndmult (A,B,dim)
  dA = dim(1);
  dB = dim(2);

  # reshape A into 2d
  sA = size (A);
  nA = length (sA);
  perA = [1:(dA-1) (dA+1):(nA-1) nA dA](1:nA);
  Ap = permute (A, perA);
  Ap = reshape (Ap, prod (sA(perA(1:end-1))), sA(perA(end)));

  # reshape B into 2d
  sB = size (B);
  nB = length (sB);
  perB = [dB 1:(dB-1) (dB+1):(nB-1) nB](1:nB);
  Bp = permute (B, perB);
  Bp = reshape (Bp, sB(perB(1)), prod (sB(perB(2:end))));

  # multiply
  M = Ap * Bp;

  # reshape back to original format
  s = [sA(perA(1:end-1)) sB(perB(2:end))];
  M = squeeze (reshape (M, s));
endfunction