ANPI stands for Asymmetric Nonlinear Principal Component Analysis. It is a very fancy way of saying that we use math to find patterns in a lot of data, even when the way the data changes is not the same in all directions.
Think of it like a big puzzle, where you have many pieces that are all different shapes and sizes. If you just try to force them together, it won’t work because the puzzle pieces won’t fit. The same thing happens with data – if you try to put all the pieces together all at once, it won’t make sense.
ANPI is like having a puzzle where each piece is allowed to fit only with the pieces that belong to the same pattern. This helps to make the puzzle easier to put together. In the same way, ANPI separates the data into different groups, each with its own pattern, and it helps us understand the patterns better.
So, ANPI helps us to find hidden patterns in lots of data that we might not have been able to find on our own. It’s a powerful tool that can be used in many different fields, like medicine, finance, and even to help understand the behavior of galaxies!