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Add optimized Frisch-Newton solver and benchmark for quantile regression#1164

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Add optimized Frisch-Newton solver and benchmark for quantile regression#1164
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@mdizadi mdizadi commented Feb 4, 2026

  • Remove redundant to_array() and drop_multicol_vars() calls from Quantreg.get_fit() (already called in prepare_model_matrix())
  • Add optimized solver with Cholesky factorization reuse (5-11% speedup)
  • Add sparse solver for comparison (slower for typical problem sizes)
  • Add benchmark script comparing all three solver implementations
  • Add SPARSE_IMPLEMENTATION.md documenting analysis and findings

- Remove redundant to_array() and drop_multicol_vars() calls from
  Quantreg.get_fit() (already called in prepare_model_matrix())
- Add optimized solver with Cholesky factorization reuse (5-11% speedup)
- Add sparse solver for comparison (slower for typical problem sizes)
- Add benchmark script comparing all three solver implementations
- Add SPARSE_IMPLEMENTATION.md documenting analysis and findings

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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