# Sparco: a testing framework for sparse reconstruction

E. van den Berg, M. P. Friedlander, G. Hennenfent, F. Herrmann, R. Saab, Ö. Yılmaz
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, 35(4):1–16, 2009

## Abstract

Sparco is a framework for testing and benchmarking algorithms for sparse reconstruction. It includes a large collection of sparse reconstruction problems drawn from the imaging, compressed sensing, and geophysics literature. Sparco is also a framework for implementing new test problems and can be used as a tool for reproducible research. Sparco is implemented entirely in Matlab, and is released as open-source software under the GNU Public License.

## Software

The paper documents the Sparco Toolbox. You might also want to check out the more modern Spot Linear Operator Toolbox for Matlab.

## BiBTeX

@Article{BergFriedlander:2009:,
author =       "Ewout van den Berg and Michael P. Friedlander and
Gilles Hennenfent and Felix J. Herrmann and Rayan Saab and
"{O}zg{"u}r Yilmaz",
title =        "Algorithm 890: {Sparco}: A Testing Framework for Sparse
Reconstruction",
journal =      "{ACM} Transactions on Mathematical Software",
volume =       "35",
number =       "4",
month =        feb,
year =         2009,
pages =        "1--16",
URL =          "http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1462173.1462178",
}