“…Since K 1 = + , the case of linear inequality constraints of the form A(X) ≥ b fits the analysis in our framework by considering Q = + × · · · × + . The NNM problem (2) often arises from the convex relaxation of a rank minimization problem with noisy data, and arises in many fields of engineering and science, see, e.g., [1,3,17,18,21,27]. The rank minimization problem refers to finding a matrix X ∈ n 1 ×n 2 to minimize rank(X) subject to linear constraints, i.e., min rank(X) : A(X) = b, X ∈ n 1 ×n 2 .…”