✨ What's New:
- Sparse PCA with L1 regularization for sparse portfolio construction
- Box & Tao decomposition (Robust PCA) for separating low-rank and sparse components
- Elastic Net regression for sparse cointegration analysis
- Hurst exponent calculation via R/S analysis for mean-reversion testing
- Comprehensive risk metrics computation (Sharpe, Sortino, Calmar, VaR, CVaR, etc.)
- Half-life estimation for mean-reverting processes
- Bootstrap returns for confidence interval estimation
🚀 Performance:
- All algorithms implemented in Rust with ndarray-linalg for optimized linear algebra
- PyO3 bindings for seamless Python integration
- 10-15x speedup compared to pure Python implementations
📦 Module Structure:
- src/sparse_optimization.rs: Sparse PCA, Box-Tao, Elastic Net
- src/risk_metrics.rs: Risk analysis and statistics
- Python wrapper: optimizr package with intuitive API
🔧 Technical Improvements:
- Fixed compilation errors in HMM and MCMC modules
- Updated to ndarray-linalg 0.16 with openblas-system
- Enhanced type safety and error handling
- Comprehensive documentation and examples
Melvin Avarez
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